What are you going to do with your $1,200 stimulus check? - Page 3

Sean C · 03-31-20, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Well I'll certainly not qualify for anything so I'd be most appreciative if you'd add me to your list of worthy causes

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 ...

*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.

vienna · 03-31-20, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by fred8615

Yeah, but the place I'm gonna buy that stuff from is in the USA.

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...

<O>

Sean C · 03-31-20, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by vienna

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

I feel the same way about California.

STEED · 03-31-20, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

You'll just spend it on fishnchips

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Wait, that's a great idea, I'll take Steed and Bonny Lad Buna out for a pint and fishnchips.

Point one, my fish shop burnt down.

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

Jimbuna · 03-31-20, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

A donation to the Buna aerofund and collection.....to pay for the day that cute lil grand daughter of yours learns to walk and didcovers the aeroplane collection.

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

fred8615 · 03-31-20, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by vienna

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...

<O>

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

mapuc · 03-31-20, 04:28 PM

Isn't there missing an option ?

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

Markus

Mr Quatro · 04-01-20, 10:00 AM

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

mapuc · 04-01-20, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

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

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

nikimcbee · 04-01-20, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

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

Meanwhile at Jim's flat...

Pa Pa...come play with me!

Onkel Neal · 04-02-20, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

Isn't there missing an option ?

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

Markus

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.

em2nought · 04-02-20, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

setting us on a slow march to national insolvency.

Let's hope it's slow.

ET2SN · 04-02-20, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Thanks but no, I don't want money from the govt.

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

vienna · 04-02-20, 09:33 AM

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...

<O>

Onkel Neal · 04-02-20, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ET2SN

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

That's what we have been doing since 1967

View Poll Results: What will you do with your stimulus checks?
Spend it	8	27.59%
Pay bills with it	4	13.79%
I don't qualify	6	20.69%
Spend it on wine, women and song	11	37.93%
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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,498 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	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... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __ Last edited by vienna; 04-02-20 at 09:47 AM.

03-31-20, 04:28 PM	#37
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,859 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Isn't there missing an option ? "I have enough money I will gladly give every cent I get from the Government to Neal" Markus