Sort:
08-14-2008 at 1:06 PM
arobertson...
Not Ranked
Joined on 10-11-2007
Florida
38,971 Points
arobertson25 is not online. Last active: 11-20-2009, 9:34 PMBronze

the new stimulus check

What is this all about?  I will admit I was not a fan of the first one but, we did need the money and it went to good use.  I am afraid to ask where the second round of money is going to becoming from and how much are we suppose to get.




url=http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker][/url]
Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Food Diary 
08-14-2008 at 1:08 PM
RachaelNic...
Not Ranked
Joined on 02-23-2007
North Dakota
99,250 Points
RachaelNicole is not online. Last active: 11-20-2009, 9:38 AMSilver
I have not heard of a second stimulus check.



 Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker 
08-14-2008 at 1:11 PM
arobertson...
Not Ranked
Joined on 10-11-2007
Florida
38,971 Points
arobertson25 is not online. Last active: 11-20-2009, 9:34 PMBronze
It was very brief. They are still talking about it Nancy Pelosi was on the View last week talking about it.  I missed everything but the last 2 seconds of it.




url=http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker][/url]
Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Food Diary 
08-14-2008 at 1:16 PM
MrsJA
Not Ranked
Joined on 06-07-2006
Knoxville, TN
32,990 Points
MrsJA is not online. Last active: 10-19-2009, 2:28 PMBronze
I dont' think anything is official yet, but seems to me that a 2nd check would be issued as a way to "buy votes" in November.
08-14-2008 at 1:18 PM
spritz
Not Ranked
Joined on 07-19-2006
Missouri
8,414 Points
spritz is not online. Last active: 11-20-2009, 4:47 PMNewbie

The Democrats in Congress are pushing a second round of stimulus checks.  They've been talking about it for a coule of months now.  However, it doesn't seem to be getting very much media attention.  Here's an article about it:

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=cqmidday-000002931358

 

It's a little old (July 31), but you get the idea.

 
08-14-2008 at 1:22 PM
Mikes_Wife...
Top 150 Contributor
Joined on 08-03-2006
Erie, PA
210,692 Points
Mikes_Wife06 is not online. Last active: 11-20-2009, 9:48 PMGold
I don't believe that any of the details have been finalized as of yet.
08-14-2008 at 1:23 PM
JulieF
Not Ranked
Joined on 04-28-2007
Ohio
48,713 Points
JulieF is not online. Last active: 11-21-2009, 10:27 PMSilver
It's really dumb.  This came out a few weeks ago.  Obama proposed taxing the oil companies and giving $1000 each to every "working family."  Or every family, I am not sure which.

Slate magazine is just one of the countless media outlets convulsing with St. Vitus' Dance over that demonic succubus Sarah Palin. In its reader forum, The Fray, one supposed Palinophobe took dead aim at the former Alaska governor's writing chops, excerpting the following sentence from her book:

"The apartment was small, with slanting floors and irregular heat and a buzzer downstairs that didn't work, so that visitors had to call ahead from a pay phone at the corner gas station, where a black Doberman the size of a wolf paced through the night in vigilant patrol, its jaws clamped around an empty beer bottle."

Other readers pounced like wolf-sized Dobermans on an intruder. One guffawed, "That sentence by Sarah Palin could be entered into the annual Bulwer-Lytton bad writing contest. It could have a chance at winning a (sic) honorable mention, at any rate."

But soon, the original contributor confessed: "I probably should have mentioned that the sentence quoted above was not written by Sarah Palin. It's taken from the first paragraph of ‘Dreams From My Father,' written by Barack Obama." -Jonah Goldberg, "Palinphobes hate first, ask questions later" 
08-14-2008 at 1:32 PM
ms.c.seatt...
Not Ranked
Joined on 02-10-2007
Hoboken
22,350 Points
ms.c.seattle is not online. Last active: 11-22-2009, 12:11 AMBronze
I love Obama, but am I a working family? Do non-working families not need the money? If DH and I file separately do we each get a grand? I am not a big fan of stimulus checks...but I wont turn down the cash.

 
08-14-2008 at 1:36 PM
JulieF
Not Ranked
Joined on 04-28-2007
Ohio
48,713 Points
JulieF is not online. Last active: 11-21-2009, 10:27 PMSilver

I don't really care if I get the money or not.  I don't spend it in the way that the government hopes it's spent; I just put mine into savings.  I think they want it to be spent immediately.  Yeah, that's a really great idea.  There' s a huge problem with spending more than what you have, so let's advocate frivolous spending.

I also frown at government taking away from a private industry based on its subjective view of what "excessive profits" are.


Slate magazine is just one of the countless media outlets convulsing with St. Vitus' Dance over that demonic succubus Sarah Palin. In its reader forum, The Fray, one supposed Palinophobe took dead aim at the former Alaska governor's writing chops, excerpting the following sentence from her book:

"The apartment was small, with slanting floors and irregular heat and a buzzer downstairs that didn't work, so that visitors had to call ahead from a pay phone at the corner gas station, where a black Doberman the size of a wolf paced through the night in vigilant patrol, its jaws clamped around an empty beer bottle."

Other readers pounced like wolf-sized Dobermans on an intruder. One guffawed, "That sentence by Sarah Palin could be entered into the annual Bulwer-Lytton bad writing contest. It could have a chance at winning a (sic) honorable mention, at any rate."

But soon, the original contributor confessed: "I probably should have mentioned that the sentence quoted above was not written by Sarah Palin. It's taken from the first paragraph of ‘Dreams From My Father,' written by Barack Obama." -Jonah Goldberg, "Palinphobes hate first, ask questions later" 
08-14-2008 at 1:40 PM
lilbit07
Not Ranked
Joined on 04-16-2006
Philly
30,056 Points
lilbit07 is not online. Last active: 11-22-2009, 1:12 PMBronze

Dear Congress,

 Vote NO to bad ideas!!!

Sincerely,

 lilbit


Holiday

Vacation 
08-14-2008 at 2:49 PM
Mrs.Angele...
Not Ranked
Joined on 08-10-2006
Miami
54,202 Points
Mrs.Angeles is not online. Last active: 05-06-2009, 3:59 PMSilver

JulieF:
It's really dumb.  This came out a few weeks ago.  Obama proposed taxing the oil companies and giving $1000 each to every "working family."  Or every family, I am not sure which.

 so single ppl are SOL?




I finally got around to fixing Rocky's picture. 

search boards

choose another board

hot topics

"Turkey tips and recipes?"
Posted by: BensBabe823

"Favorite beauty products?"
Posted by: mdinohio

"Is it ok to schedule sex?"
Posted by: DeAndrea Wheeler

From the blogs:
Dressing Your Thanksgiving Table

Holiday Baking 101

Love in the Time of (Swine) Flu
Choose a market:
Financial Services

>> New York Life [Boston]

>> Katherine Wahlberg, CRPC | Ameriprise Financial Services Inc [Outer Boroughs]
Solid financial footing is one of the keys to a stress-free nest. Whether you hope

Banking & Mortgage Services

>> Mike Minicucci [Boston]

>> MetLife Home Loans, Greg Giokas [Boston]
Offering seven years of industry experience and a commitment to providing personalized

>> See resources in another market