Great news…those tax incentive rebate checks that the government is promising will be on their way in a matter of days, to those who requested direct deposit. For others…it will be here by the middle of summer. Isn’t that great?
Curiously, while the announcement that the checks were going out a week ahead of schedule was being announced in the media; the news was plastered with the bad news that rice sales are being limited, by some chain stores, due to rising costs; as well as, fear of food hoarding. Other troubling financial concerns are highlighted on the evening news at a frightening rate.
The gasoline prices keep increasing. Farmers are in distress because of the cost to produce our nation’s food supply. Grocery shopping is becoming a lesson in financial management. Heating our homes is equal, for some families, to planning a major household purchase. Homes are being foreclosed on in record numbers; and now, the latest news is that even rental homes are being foreclosed on causing more homelessness. Food banks can’t stay stocked in basic necessities; charities are in need themselves. People are dying for lack of medical insurance to cover their physical well-being.
Is this country trying to recreate the Great Depression? Where is Franklin Delano Roosevelt when we need him? Our national economy is taking a nose dive. Corporations are moving outside of our country’s borders. Layoffs are at an all-time high. Schools can’t get enough funding to keep quality teachers and tools. School violence is making education a joke; our future leaders are not going to be competitive with other nation’s leaders if these trends continue. The children in our country are filled with hoplessness. All around our country, the morale is beyond the typical hysterical feeling one achieves when riding a roller coaster.
Does anyone seriously think that these $300.00-$600.00 checks are going to ignite tax payers to run out and make purchases to stimulate our economy? No way, people are going to use that money (for the most part) to survive! I love what I read on one online forum….the writer said something to the effect of, “Yippeee…that is three tanks of gasoline for me!!!” Sad isn’t it? A van or large truck can take up to $100.00 to fill. Some people still have not received their checks…here is a number you can call to check on the status of your rebate check if you have not yet received it: I don’t work for the IRS so i wouldn’t know about when someone would be receiving their rebate; however, here is a toll free phone number to check on the status of someone’s rebate and whether they will be receiving one or not. 1-866-234-2942 Good luck to you.
Let’s at least be honest here…that money will come in handy…but, if anyone expects it to change the economy’s health…they are fooling themselves. So…really, what are you going to do with your check?
Three tanks of gasoline, three weeks worth of groceries, six hundred scratch-off tickets… the possibilities are endless!
I’m going to be documenting the total story of my check here at my blog, Master Caution.
Come check it out if you’re interested in the different ways I’ll use this economic stimulus to first buy bootstraps, insure them and myself, and then generally elevate my standing through their use, perhaps via some pulley system.
My tax incentive rebate check finally arrived….i was starting to think i dreamed the whole thing up! 🙂
Ours was a joke… We are a middle class , hard working family of 4… Count ’em…. 4 …. We got only 9 hundred dollars….. They said they had to make an adjustment, because of our income… What income….. We live paycheck to paycheck…. I guess if you sit on your butt, let the government provide you assistance for doing absolutely nothing, then that deserves a great big …. THANKS, with a tax incentive for the full amount of $1800.000 for that family of 4 …. What a joke…… Our government is going down hill and fast……Shame on them…..
How can people complain about not getting what they thought they were going to get? This is FREE MONEY!! When you get it…be grateful instead of talking crap about the government- they gave you money- DONT COMPLAIN- YOU COULD HAVE RECEIVED NOTHING- IM THANKFUL FOR MY FREE MONEY- How about everyone else??
I’m still waiting for mine. Anybody got any idea what the criterion was to receive one of those things. Filed a tax return as usual. Since my husband is considered self employed we end up paying. Does that have something to do with it? My sister hasn’t received hers either. I’m with T. Crysel. Be grateful you got one. Even if our government had to borrow the money to do so.
This isn’t free money, as there is no such thing. We have to pay it back in 2009 through higher taxes. That’s the way this bill was written! You are simply giving yourself a loan until next year. As for when you get one it’s based on the last digits of your social security number. If you owe money to your state, they can take it before you see it.
I agree with Mike, this is not FREE money, however, we can use a loan right now, but we still haven’t gotten ours. If the criteria is the last 4 digits, then we should have had ours, my husbands begins with a 1. My brothers’ begins with 9 and he got his already. We received refunds, state and federal, but here it is the 26th of June and still NO check.
Sonya, the criteria is the last 2 digits of your SSN. Mine is 79 and I still haven’t received a check. I have heard that someone with 65 got theirs, so I’m hoping it won’t be long.
My husband received $250 he is 65 and ret. I ret. on my SSR in March. I am 62. Does anyone know if you only get one check per family are will I get a check also?