Allrighty then :metal:
Yep. Got ours a few days ago.
Ours came too. We were not in need of it. I suspect well over 80% are not in real need of it. But, it keeps politicians re-elected. SOMEONE will have to pay the bill some day.
Quote from: pidjones on January 02, 2021, 06:37:06 PM
Ours came too. We were not in need of it. I suspect well over 80% are not in real need of it. But, it keeps politicians re-elected. SOMEONE will have to pay the bill some day.
I feel the same way.
It's funny, I got a paper check even though I have done direct deposit/withdrawal for the last quite a few years. Even the last $600 came in direct deposit.
Quote from: pidjones on January 02, 2021, 06:37:06 PM
Ours came too. We were not in need of it. I suspect well over 80% are not in real need of it. But, it keeps politicians re-elected. SOMEONE will have to pay the bill some day.
We are blessed to not really need ours either, but there are a hell of a lot of people out there who really need the help.
My wife and I are fortunate to be working every day (real estate inspector and middle-school speech path), but the bar, restaurant, entertainment, theater, film, travel, etc industries have been decimated. Some of my friends have been out of work for almost a year now.
I live very close to one of the main restaurant rows in town. Most of the once thriving restaurants have closed, and are boarded up. Not only the owners, but servers, cooks, dishwashers, cleaning people, all out of work.
I would much rather see our government support we the people, than waste billions on bullshit wars, the corrupt military-industrial complex, and lining the pockets of corporate fatcats.
I'll do my part to stimulate the economy, by spending part of my $600 on a Dynatek coil and (hopefully) a Zeeltronic CDI for my LC. :whoop:
I feel so sorry for those who had the smarts enough to become entrepreneurs and open their restaurant or shop or whatever, and they were successful making good money, and then with no fault of theirs, POW, you're done. And then if they had employees.... :-[ Luckily, we don't need it either.
well, the extra money gets spent, this drives business, so shop local. angie saw a spike in her restaurant last stimulus. they will again. its not about those who got the checks, but where its spent. my .02. I didn't get my partial yet, I don't need it, but will spend locally to help out the small guys
Quote from: m in sc on January 02, 2021, 09:47:34 PM
well, the extra money gets spent, this drives business, so shop local. angie saw a spike in her restaurant last stimulus. they will again. its not about those who got the checks, but where its spent. my .02. I didn't get my partial yet, I don't need it, but will spend locally to help out the small guys
Yup.
We had a "locals only" xmas here, and only spent our money on gifts close to home.
hmmm, let's see. income from in-home-daycare down at least 50% since PPP money ran out in May comes to around -$12,000 due to decreased need for childcare. Rental market saturated since college has gone virtual so one of two rentals empty equals negative $250 a month starting now until...??? $600 is like a kick in the balls from all the billionaires who's incomes have gone up something like $27 billions since April. Good thing I have a garden, gun, bow and some deer around.
Feel free to send me your check if you don't want it. People on welfare get more shit than me and I don't qualify since I actually have assets, and don't want it cuz I'd rather work, but at this point I'd take some extra cheese to pay some bills since no one around here will buy my worthless empty rental and who knows when we'll get more clients. Fuck :bang:
I used to come here to not think about this shit.
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Quote from: m in sc on January 02, 2021, 09:47:34 PM
well, the extra money gets spent, this drives business, so shop local... its not about those who got the checks, but where its spent. my .02.
^--- This.
I find it amusing when people lament about the people they know that are unemployed, and/or that the amount of money isn't enough to make a dent in their situation... and in the same breath say "I'm not hurtin, so I'm gonna blow it on Beer and Pornhub" *rolleyes*
Get out and support the industries that are struggling. Or, if you feel that strongly about it, donate your portion to charity, or directly to someone in need.
If you want to help out even further... If you're feeling great? Go get tested anyway! This will help drive down the Positivity Rates and more businesses will be allowed to reopen sooner.
don't get political about it.. its a thin line on this topic i know. :police: But for me, its going to cover machine work on the block and crank of my 66 galaxie. well, some of it. which i was going to do anyway.
Im not getting a full check, for sure, but some. and im more than happy to get it to Tony at the machine shop that has seen a decrease in work over the past year, as have we (about 20% overall but steady). I work in a small company with 6 people, so i get it. (2008 was way worse for us financially as a company, that's why i left and went back almost 8 yrs later. )
I can say, im glad I'm not a big corporation anymore, my whole old team got furloughed/laid off at atlas copco/cp. and that's controlled by the board in Sweden. greedy bastards.
So, i'll get some stuff done earlier than later and give Tony a bit of scratch in his pocket as well.
Mines going partially to Mr. Ritter and partially to Bitcoin to grow.
In Western Australia, we received a $600aud credit to our electricity account. We are lucky to have a great government and (mostly) be CV19 free (some cases in overseas quarantine).
Every state and country is different and I wish you all the best in these troubled times!
Hardy
We haven't received ours yet and fortunately we don't really need it, the last one was not much so we may not get any this time. Hopefully the government will get their shit together and distribute the vaccine so everyone can be immunized. Like everyone else I am getting tired of being on hold.
Walmart has seen this post
I bought a new knife with part of mine. Benchmade Infidel.
Quote from: Seizer on January 05, 2021, 08:36:28 PM
I bought a new knife with part of mine. Benchmade Infidel.
Thank you for supporting our Oregon economy :cool:
I personally will take back as much of my hard-earned tax dollars as I can get. Remember the people who crafted the 5600-page bill gave foreign countries hundreds of millions of dollars of our money and then decided 600 was good enough for people here who lost everything. I am going to use mine to have some ash trees close to the house that were victims of emerald ash borer cut down before they do any damage.
Their site says mine will be mailed 1/6, like first one even though they have my bank info.
I thought maybe a crank rebuild and a couple of cylinders bored...and SWOOP! My darling bride earmarked it for tuition (she's going to get a master's degree in teaching so she can make more $$ and support me in the manner to which I hope to become accustomed).
Quote from: 85RZwade on January 05, 2021, 11:36:41 PM
I thought maybe a crank rebuild and a couple of cylinders bored...and SWOOP! My darling bride earmarked it for tuition (she's going to get a master's degree in teaching so she can make more $$ and support me in the manner to which I hope to become accustomed).
Congrats to your dear wife on her quest for a Master's!
My wife got hers in Speech Pathology 7 or 8 years ago. She works in a middle school now.
We ain't rich, but it keeps her out of trouble. :clap:
If I could just be a house husband :whistle: :metal: :burnout: :vroom:
We should all put our $600 together and buy a MotoGP team or something.
Insert joke about making a small fortune here...
Quote from: 85RZwade on January 05, 2021, 11:36:41 PM
I thought maybe a crank rebuild and a couple of cylinders bored...and SWOOP! My darling bride earmarked it for tuition (she's going to get a master's degree in teaching so she can make more $$ and support me in the manner to which I hope to become accustomed).
My daughter just got her master's in teaching (thanks to dear old Dad $$$}. A big day care center contacted her and asked if she would be the director. She said how much $. They said what do you want? She told them and wasn't timid. They said OK, that's fine.
Good for her! Sounds like you raised a smart kid :help: :thumbs:
No such thing as a "FREE" lunch. :whistle: I in no way intend this to come across as condescending or shaming anyone.
While it is great news to hear many on this forum not needing this lunch money, there are a lot of others who have lost their ass on this political BS. The Wife and Me are as fortunate as some others on here and we don't want/need and did not ask for this Govt. hand out, pre socialist bribery money.(?) The hearts of many are in the right direction, i.e. spending it on "stuff" etc. to support the local economy. BUT, I might guess that most have never needed to wait in a mile plus long food line to feed their family. That is about needing as it gets. Taking someone you have never met grocery shopping does more good than you could imagine, for both parties. We know from experience and look forward to again spending our "free lunch money" doing so. And yes, it also is stimulating the local economy, :clap: and no we are not rich by any calculation. :umm:
To the world you may just be one person,
But to one person you could be their world. Happy New Years to all. :patriot: :vroom:
Quote from: economan on January 06, 2021, 09:03:10 AM
To the world you may just be one person,
But to one person you could be their world.
Here's what I just did. My long time buddy, over the last 3 years, has had all sorts of medical trouble. Heart attack, 2 separate stint installs, 2 remove cancer bladder ops, COPD, arthritis so bad he can't turn his head. He has lots of doctor appointments and his sister would have to travel to take him. He can't drive.
His daughter has started to hang out with him but she has nothing.
I bought a off lease Cadillac ATS about a year ago but still had my 2007 Mercury Milan AWD (Love the Caddy, it's a race car. My hot rod RD can blow it's doors off though in a short drag race). They approached me and asked if they could buy the Mercury and make payments on it. The look and feeling I got when I told them "you can have it" was priceless. He can get out of the house and do whatever he wants now.
:agree: :agree: gentlemen: kudos to you both! You have taken actions to make the world a better place.
Quote from: economan on January 06, 2021, 09:03:10 AM
No such thing as a "FREE" lunch. :whistle: I in no way intend this to come across as condescending or shaming anyone.
While it is great news to hear many on this forum not needing this lunch money, there are a lot of others who have lost their ass on this political BS. The Wife and Me are as fortunate as some others on here and we don't want/need and did not ask for this Govt. hand out, pre socialist bribery money.(?) The hearts of many are in the right direction, i.e. spending it on "stuff" etc. to support the local economy. BUT, I might guess that most have never needed to wait in a mile plus long food line to feed their family. That is about needing as it gets. Taking someone you have never met grocery shopping does more good than you could imagine, for both parties. We know from experience and look forward to again spending our "free lunch money" doing so. And yes, it also is stimulating the local economy, :clap: and no we are not rich by any calculation. :umm:
To the world you may just be one person,
But to one person you could be their world. Happy New Years to all. :patriot: :vroom:
I know the forum rules about no politics so I hope this comes across as to not break em but I have to say in my opinion regarding the free lunch....at this point yes we tax paying Americans are in debt as a nation so to speak and as far as I know that much like global warming this debt to the rest of the world will probably never change. However Congress is really good at fern fornification. The way I see it America is simply too big to fail in the business sense. So we as a country borrow more and print more money as well and probably will forever be forgiven by the rest of the world for it. The only thing I see wrong with it is that are gov't. can't get that money to those that really need it the most. You can bet that bottom dollar that they the gov't. will probably reconvene for an additional stimulus and as many as it takes to get what they consider back on track. I guess the way I see it with debt. forever looming in the horizon it's all kinda relative but at some point even the sanist economist have to understand one can only bleed so much. For ex. the average tax paying working man shouldn't have to lose their home over it.
The real elephant in the room is the world is overpopulated and we humans are killing the planet.
WELL SAID ALL.
On this note, closing the thread. (no i didn't delete any posts).
Thanks for playing nice :patriot: