On Thu, 08 May 2008 21:56:55 -0700, sf <.> fired up random neurons and
synapses to opine:

>Cash the check and spread it around, just like any other rebate.
>
>Mine went into a (modern design) 18 carat gold ring with a small, but
>sparkly, diamond. It was money well spent.

Hold the phone! Not everyone gets one of these idiotic "stimulus
checks." The DH and I certainly don't, so even TIIC (this would be
our 110th Congress and that imbecile who is the Decider in Chief)
recognized that it would be really bad press if they handed out
"stimulus checks" to taxpayers with (married filing jointly) $150,000
plus incomes. The last round of tax breaks certainly didn't go to
those who needed them, but that wasn't right before an election cycle.
TIIC count on the American people to have a very fuzzy collective
memory, AFAICS.

And I can't believe even the chowderheads in Congress and the White
House really believe that these "stimulus checks" are going to keep
what appears to be a long-haul recession from happening. If a
taxpayer really needs that check, he/she is going to pay some bills
with it...or he/she can become a client of some of my husband's
brethern. They're bankruptcy lawyers.

And I don't find it that much of a coincidence that what the
bankruptcy community (which includes judges, law professors, the DH
and his brethern) call the Credit Card Relief Act of 2005 is a
draconian measure that pretty much ensures that lenders, in particular
credit card companies, can chase a debtor damned near into the after
life. Hugely more complex than that, of course, but coupled with the
sub-prime mortgage meltdown, housing skid (particularly here in
SoCal), and the ripple effect from that (construction, suppliers,
vendors, etc.), the pandering our elected chowderheads did for the
credit card companies is shameful and the result should have been
predictible. And who are the bankruptcy bailouts that *really* are
'spensive, Loosey? Big Business. Oh, wait! Those are the guys with the
lobbyists, not the poor slob who lost his job after his wife died of a
lingering illness that tapped out every resource he had. And, by and
large, most people who filed for bankruptcy pre-Oct. 15, 2005 (other
than those who were just trying to "save the date," as it were)
weren't wallowing in self-indulgent, irresponsible credit card debt,
but had had a major life change that became catastrophic or
insupportable.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...qHw&refer=home

http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20060101.htm

(And the DH doesn't do consumer bankruptcies. Never did, but you can
be damned sure we pay off our credit cards each and every month. And
you know what the credit card companies call people who never incur
finance charges? "Deadbeats.")

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

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