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I'd be happy to help (I also told my neighbors/friends/family that I might* be able help them with some high demand items), but you'll have to cover the shipping from Virginia. And I don't know much about things like VAT taxes, so ...


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*No one I know has a completely reliable supply of rare commodities these days. So don't think there's some sort of secret hoarding going on. At least ... not that I know of. :o

Oh, dear...


I don't know how to tell you this...


Louisiana, right?...


The rest of the country has decided your state should stay a distance at least six countries away...








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I feel the same way about California. :O:

Point one, my fish shop burnt down.

Point two sounds good as long as we keep our distance. :03:

The thought of that day does fill me with some trepidation Jason :)

If we gotta go, then NY and California have to leave the planet!! :yep:

Isn't there missing an option ?

"I have enough money I will gladly give every cent I get from the Government to Neal"

Markus

What if you don't get a stimulus check, because you didn't file your taxes for years and years and the government knows your address.

You could wind up making respirators on the respirator assembly lines in Detroit :yep:

My post should be seen both as a funny input and as a thought.

If I had earned more than enough, if I was living in the States, I would not get any stimulus check.

Markus

Meanwhile at Jim's flat...
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Pa Pa...come play with me!


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Thanks but no, I don't want money from the govt. Better to put it in a high yield savings account for emergencies.

In fact, if people were more responsible they would have 6 months of expenses saved* for things like this and we wouldn't be in such a mess, borrowing money we can never pay back, upending our economy and setting us on a slow march to national insolvency.



*I exempt people under 30, it takes time to get financially settled.

Let's hope it's slow. :yep:

Neal, we're already up to our ### in alligators. Spend the money on something dumb and we'll deal with the economics next year. :yeah:

I don't know if the current management of Microsoft has carried on this Bill Gates' policy, but when Gates still ran Microsoft, he insisted the company have a reserve fund sufficiently able to support the company for a full year, even if it had no revenue during that period; that's one reason why Gates has been so successful...

Governments, at all levels, have a haphazard approach to planning for contingencies; some are woefully unprepared to deal with even the most minor of emergencies. The City of Los Angeles has a reserve fund of about USD $400 Million and, prior to the pandemic, the present and prior Mayors and City Councils were roundly criticized for refusing to spend the money on various projects; The same holds true for the the State of California; Under former Governor Jerry Brown and current Governor Newsom, the state has amassed a reserve fund of some USD $20 Billion; the fund was set up under voter approved state propositions and, fortunately, the State Legislature has very little say over the funds; there has also been criticism leveled at the Governor(s), with some Legislators, in the past, calling for GW Bush style 'rebates' to be issued to citizens, an idea resisted by the Governor(s); it would seem there is very little criticism now when the value of having fallbacks is so apparent...






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That's what we have been doing since 1967 :oops: