[noelsarchs]

Originally Posted by legend

not to beat a dead horse, but they must be dancing in the streeets of new hampshire right now. $2100 in New Hampshire terms is more like $21,000 to the rest of us. Maybe I'll only have half of the N.H. crew be whining about the tolls going up 50 cents 5 months ago this weekend.

LOL, $2100 in NH is like $210 here in the UK.

[Stevo]

Damn, that Pontiac only cost $2100? Those things really don't hold their value. I hope you bought a warranty...

I'm just kidding man, good luck with the van.

[guinness]

Originally Posted by legend

not to beat a dead horse, but they must be dancing in the streeets of new hampshire right now. $2100 in New Hampshire terms is more like $21,000 to the rest of us. Maybe I'll only have half of the N.H. crew be whining about the tolls going up 50 cents 5 months ago this weekend.

Whats that sound I hear? "Wheehhh.....wheeeehhh..."......oh wait thats not my children..."Wheehhh....wheeehhehe"...oh wait its Legends bit on NH being either cheap or poor again...someone call this man a Whembulance....he's not gonna make it!

[jamby]

I'm glad folks are feeling stimulated, I'm feeling very unstimulated actually. I earn what's very much an average salary in IT and work in Chicago. My 'stimulus' is going to amount to the proverbial drop in the bucket. The only saving grace for me is that my mother who lives on a fixed income is getting a check. I guess it just depends on the economy where you live.

[JM]

not to mention those of us who don't have deductions, I mean kids, get hosed yet again. I never have understood why people who choose to have kids get such huge tax benefits for it? Think about it, we all have to pay taxes that pay for the schools they go to, even if we don't have them so shouldn't WE be the ones getting the rebate here?? Talk about taxation without representation!

[Matthew]

Originally Posted by JM

not to mention those of us who don't have deductions, I mean kids, get hosed yet again. I never have understood why people who choose to have kids get such huge tax benefits for it? Think about it, we all have to pay taxes that pay for the schools they go to, even if we don't have them so shouldn't WE be the ones getting the rebate here?? Talk about taxation without representation!

It's all about the choices we make. Some of us have kids and buy used 2006 minivans, some of us buy other vehicles.

I didn't ask for $2100 - but I'll take it.

[ttflyr]

Originally Posted by BMFD

Thanks for posting this. I checked and also got $2,100 deposited today. Finally, it paid (back) to have triplets!

I always make money with trips.........

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[99%evil]

Originally Posted by JM

not to mention those of us who don't have deductions, I mean kids, get hosed yet again. I never have understood why people who choose to have kids get such huge tax benefits for it? Think about it, we all have to pay taxes that pay for the schools they go to, even if we don't have them so shouldn't WE be the ones getting the rebate here?? Talk about taxation without representation!

Those kids will be paying for you when you get old, whether they be yours or someone else's. If people don't **** out kids, where will you get future taxpayers and workers? I'm just thankful that my new job didn't kill me from getting the check, had I started earlier in the year...I'd be gettig less. The stimulus isn't much, but it's paying for my SCS2 trip...so I get to tool on CT'ers in Vegas onthe gov'ts bill.

[guinness]

Originally Posted by JM

not to mention those of us who don't have deductions, I mean kids, get hosed yet again. I never have understood why people who choose to have kids get such huge tax benefits for it? Think about it, we all have to pay taxes that pay for the schools they go to, even if we don't have them so shouldn't WE be the ones getting the rebate here?? Talk about taxation without representation!

A second Whembulance has been dispatched!

Joking aside, I'm assuming you went through private schools your entire life on your parents tab. If you did that, then I can sympathize with your sense of entitlement.

If you itemized all government spending, education would be the last place I'd start complaining about.

[shanghai_sparky]

Originally Posted by JM

not to mention those of us who don't have deductions, I mean kids, get hosed yet again. I never have understood why people who choose to have kids get such huge tax benefits for it? Think about it, we all have to pay taxes that pay for the schools they go to, even if we don't have them so shouldn't WE be the ones getting the rebate here?? Talk about taxation without representation!

The extra $300 that little Maggie brings in is a pittance compared to the overhead of raising her. The $300 equates to a couple months of diapers.

I agree about the schooling issue. I went to a private school, and in 1985 the tuition for a year equalled a semester's tuition at the UW. I had to pay half of it with the parents paying the other half, yet we had to subsidize the neighbor's dirt-bag at the public schools.
[/soapbox]

Our $1500 will be deposited this week, and comes just in time to pay the $2000 due for Packer tickets.