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Originally posted by Sigfest:
I’m like most of you on here who think the country shouldn’t go more in debt. I agree, it’ll come back to bite us in the ass. However, due to circumstances not entirely in my control, I welcome the stimulus check in order to pay my property taxes. It helps me out now, and short of hitting the Lotto, I’ll be late again in 6 months. Unfortunately I don’t see an easy solution. So for those of you who don’t need the stimulus, and don’t have a better way to spend it, send it to me, lol. I guarantee you it won’t be spent foolishly. Some people are going to benefit from this check. Myself included.

Yay! And it only cost you (and every man, woman and child in the U.S.) $5,560.00.

I recieved the deposit Friday as well.

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Originally posted by SIG228:

Yay! And it only cost you (and every man, woman and child in the U.S.) $5,560.00.

Don't forget about inflation. That money in our bank accounts is now surely worth less.

I deposited my check today... the previous one. $1,200. Thought I should do it before the next one arrives to keep things straight. It's been laying on top of the microwave since receiving it in the mail a few months ago.

The wife and I intend to stimulate the economy by combining it with the current one coming by going on vacation.

We get ours on Wednesday, plan on sending some to the NRA and some more to people who are going to primary RINOs

Jim

Congrats to you who are getting it and can actually use it. Hopefully it will go to something productive.

I've been lucky and doing well, and paid more in taxes this year than ever in my life but I am not complaining.

If I know that some of my tax money is going to members here paying down mortgages or buying ammo then I am content.

Gas is up over a dollar a gallon here.
You're gonna need that stimulus check.
Blind leading the fucking blind and all that.
Can't see higher taxes because you pay more and think it's not coming out of pocket?
For fucks sake, wake up.

I’m not getting any check, no biggie. If it was coming to my account I surely wouldn’t turn it down, wouldn’t change the course of events.

Not seeing where this all ends, Biden sure won’t have to worry about anything beyond a few years. Even his Sin & family seemed to if feathered their next well.

I have a relative who knows nothing of the 1.9 trillion Bill, no details of what’s inside. She is looking forward to the $1400 check. The dem plan of obfuscation seems to of worked well.

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Originally posted by Pal:
We get ours on Wednesday, plan on sending some to the NRA and some more to people who are going to primary RINOs

Jim

GOA or FPC either of those would be ten times better than the NRA.

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Originally posted by furlough:
Congrats to you who are getting it and can actually use it. Hopefully it will go to something productive.

agree

if you're getting some -- save / spend wisely

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Yep. If you don't need it to pay immediate bills, you're best served by paying off debt, topping off your 3/6/12 month emergency fund, improving/repairing your home, investing, or learning a useful skill.

Going to donate mine to charity. Have it narrowed down to:

The Salvation Army
Ronald McDonald House
St. Jude's

Got $8.50 for stimulus 2. Turbo tax estimates we'll get $505 for stimulus 3. Did without a lot during working years to save for retirement. Tax law requires that you take a minimum amount every year. When the RMD exceeds a certain AGI amount, "no stimulus for you!"
But at least gas is still below $4.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Yep. If you don't need it to pay immediate bills, you're best served by paying off debt...

Maybe. But another consequence of this abomination is the inevitable inflation. As such, your debt will become less without even doing anything so might as well use that money on something else.

Ours ($2800) arrives tomorrow.

Just put another $5K into my Fidelity account for more mutual funds. Hopefully they will keep up with the inevitable inflation.

Hooray! The Government is Handing out Free Money

While it may seem that the government is giving away free money, this is likely to be the most expensive free money that anyone has ever received.

https://www.americanthinker.co..._out_free_money.html

Here’s a heartwarming story about how the stimulus money is viewed by some of the more worthless people of society. The “gimme” for free folks will not be satisfied with one or two chunks of cash and I expect the continued cries demanding “MORE!” Are on the way.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/w...ys/%3foutputType=amp

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis man suspected of killing three adults and a child told police he fatally shot the four victims after he and his girlfriend argued because he wanted a share of her federal COVID-19 relief money, according to a court document and one of the girlfriend’s relatives.
Malik Halfacre, 25, was being held Tuesday at the Marion County Jail on four preliminary counts of murder and one count each of attempted murder and robbery. He has not yet been formally charged in Saturday’s shootings, which police have said occurred following a heated argument in a home where officers found the bodies of Anthony Johnson, 35, Dequan Moore, 23, Tomeeka Brown, 44, and 7-year-old Eve Moore. Halfacre’s girlfriend was critically wounded.
A probable cause affidavit filed Monday in Marion County Superior Court reveals more details about the argument. It says that Halfacre told officers following his arrest Sunday evening that he and his girlfriend — identified only as “J.M.” — “were arguing because he wanted some of her stimulus check.”
“Mr. Halfacre admitted to shooting all of the deceased individuals in the house. He also said that after everyone was shot, he took the money, J.M.’s purse, and her car and left the scene,” with his 6-month-old daughter, according to the affidavit.

The baby was later found unharmed at the home of Halfacre’s sister, according to the affidavit.
Wendy Johnson, a cousin of Halfacre’s girlfriend, told WXIN-TV that the day before the shootings Halfacre demanded half of his girlfriend’s $1,400 pandemic stimulus check, but her cousin refused.
“She had just got her money, and he wanted half of her money,” she told the station, citing what her cousin had said after the encounter. “She said, ‘No, you don’t deserve any of this. I work. I take care of our child. You don’t do anything.’”
Johnson said her cousin had offered Halfacre $450 of her stimulus check but that he replied, “I’m gonna get that money.”

Halfacre’s sister told officers that when her brother came to her home and dropped off the baby, he also “admitted to killing four people and told her details about how it happened,” the affidavit states.
Officers later found Halfacre in the attic of a friend’s home about 4.5 miles (7.2 kilometers) from the shooting scene, police said.
The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office is still investigating and does not expect to make a charging decision before Thursday, according to spokeswoman Destiny Burgos.

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inevitable inflation

<grunt>



https://www.usdebtclock.org

Well, my $2,800.00 showed up early this morning.

I guess there is an upside to taking the minimum amount of income and only drawing more money out of an investment account if we want something big and expensive...like a car.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Yep. If you don't need it to pay immediate bills, you're best served by paying off debt...

Maybe. But another consequence of this abomination is the inevitable inflation. As such, your debt will become less without even doing anything so might as well use that money on something else.

Except you're still paying interest on that debt while you're waiting for the inflation rate to catch up to (and exceed) your interest rate. Even if that does eventually happen, it will take some time. Especially if we're talking the high interest rates of many personal debts, like credit cards or personal loans at 10-20+%.

And that presupposes that your income also rises to match the rise in inflation, which isn't a guarantee.

Better to pay the debt off and be done with it. Not only will you save money on future interest, but it'll be one less monthly bill to worry about, so you can focus that part of your monthly budget on something better.

(Plus, freeing yourself from debt is one of the best feelings in the world, IMO. Way better than the comparatively small dopamine spike of a shopping spree or vacation. )