What are you going to spend your economic stimulus check on?

Posted Saturday, May 03, 2008 5:21 PM by BJ not BK

That is the question I keep getting from everyone.  You would think that Christmas was just around the corner the way everybody is acting.  The air is thick with excitement.  Excitement for what?  Oh, you mean the government is going to give me back 1/1000th of my own money?  WOW that is grand!  I guess I could go hog wild on a shopping spree, spending my own money...and while I am at it I think I will take out a second mortgage on the house, empty our savings accounts, and take out everything in the 401ks.  I know I will take a big tax hit but hey?  Maybe the government will give it back to me someday right? 

How about taking whatever check you receive and putting it in savings or a CD or dare I say pay off debt?  Instead of gratifying your lust for more stuff take this one time give back of your own money and dig yourself out of the 57 tacos you financed while in college and get free.

Even better, how about giving the entire check to your church and stimulate the greatest economy of all.

I dare you?

Oh, by the way?  What are you going to spend your stimulus check on?  

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# re: What are you going to spend your economic stimulus check on?

Saturday, May 03, 2008 7:48 PM by scoutmom

Well, we were going to put it in the bank for vacation.  However, the tv finally DIED.  We bought the set and will just about pay it off with the stimulus check.  

# re: What are you going to spend your economic stimulus check on?

Saturday, May 03, 2008 11:33 PM by fleur_de_lis

well...furniture and a new grill...but some will go to charity, too.

# re: What are you going to spend your economic stimulus check on?

Sunday, May 04, 2008 4:30 PM by Fluffy Cow

I could tell you, but I think I'm being watched...

# re: What are you going to spend your economic stimulus check on?

Sunday, May 04, 2008 6:08 PM by leon

So, I'm curious. Do ebay transactions to individuals (apart from small ebay and Paypal takes) stimulate the economy or just empty someone's cluttered closet?

# re: What are you going to spend your economic stimulus check on?

Sunday, May 25, 2008 1:28 PM by FAKINS

I AM GOING TO SPEND MY MONEY ON GROCERIES., AND STOCK UP ON ALL THINGS. WITH ALL PRICES GOING UP MOSTLY GAS AND GROCERIES. I USE TO SPEND 75.00 A MONTH ON GROCERIES AND NOW FROM 75.00 FOR THE SAME THINGS I BUY HAS GONE UP TO 100.00 OR MORE.