Unfortunately, the only stimulation I’ll be feeling is my morning coffee. I just checked, and using this handy calculator, I discovered I won’t be getting a $600 stimulus package. Imagine that – someone who might actually spend the $600 on goods and services instead of using it to pay off the credit cards he ran up or making a mortgage payment he missed won’t receive a cent.
Oh well. I’ll deal. My guess is that the majority of the stimulus package (that isn’t applied to personal debt) will go to two places:
1. The oil companies
2. China
Kevin Drum has the schedule if you’re wondering when you’re going to receive your payment. My suggestion: use a portion of your stimulus payment to push Balloon Juice past the $15,000 mark! There are 203 donors so far, and we know there are WAY more than 203 Barack Obama supporters who read this blog. It’s $600! Found money! $100 won’t kill ya!!
P.S.: Because it was brought up on last night’s thread, I thought I would mention that last night at 9:45pm, I smoked my last cigarette. I’m doing it through a program at work where they pay for all the stop smoking aids, etc. Wish me luck. I opened a mutual fund savings account, and I’m going to throw $25 a week into it, about what I was spending on smokes, as a motivator.