Shrub check

“Tell us what your plans are for Dubyah's tax kickback.

My SSN means my check will be in the last group mailed. Friggin' hanging chads, anyway.”

“Kleetn -

I have contacts in the IRS. For a $50 upfront fee, I can get you moved to the head of the line.

Just send your money order to:

PO Box 666
Mail Drop, Texas”

“I'm going to pay bills. Man. That sucks.”

“Figured I'd start building my own biosphere so by the time the effects of his environmental policies kick in, I'll be ready.”

“I'm buying a new sewing machine so I can quilt. I like to quilt, quilting is fun and it keeps me out of trouble since it's too damn hot to hike here now. I could take up drinking I guess. I can't wait for it to cool down some. I can hike in the low 90's, but not when it's 107.”

“Violin is his own biosphere does sound like a good idea. We could lock him in and pull the plug.”

“I might do the liberal thing with mine. see, I We aren't entitled to these to these tax cuts. If I return the money to Washington, they can use it to pay for social programs or to save the environment or to pay for Lawandrea's abortion, or etc. Better yet, if I send back the money, maybe some middle aged Congressman can use it for porking his mistress.”

“Good Point Baso4,

At what point did we decide that adultery was not a legitimate reason to throw the bum out? Clinton, Newt, Hutchison, Condit? Why are the women so passive on this issue? As far as I am concerned if you can't be honest with your spouse, what chance do your constituents have?

This should be something that transcends party loyalty. If ya screw around you are out. Who is with me? We have been bamboozaled by the press long enough. Right is right and wrong is wrong.”

“I'm with bacpac.”

“If we had kicked out all the infidels in the Oval office, would there be anyone left? It might be easier to count the ones who were faithful. I can think of one Ronald Reagan. Anyone else come to mind?”

“Gonna put mine towards a new shotgun for the upcoming duck season.

I would assume Jimmy Carter was/is faithful to Rosalyn. Tricky Dick also. Probably Daddy Bush was good hubby. These are all just assumptions though.”

“i can't even tell you what i thought this thread was about........”

“I'm going to spend mine on psychic readings from the Pscyhic Network (only $4.99 per minute)”

“Gonna get ours the week of August 6...Hmmm probably something very responsible. Pay of some debt.”

“That's what you think! I get the mail, I can have that check cashed and spent before you even knew it came! MOHAAHAHAAA! :oP”

“LOL!!!! Joy she's gotcha there HP.


Shrub check???? Its looking good right now if I can only keep the critters at bay. I'll let you know in a few months if Sheriff John Brown isn't aiming to shot me down. SWEEEEEEEEEET!!!”

“I don't get one. I was so poor last year with four kids that I got the EIC and ended up not having to pay. Oh well. I got mine I guess.

I'm with Bacpac. Toss em out. I'd like to think that having leaders our kids can look up to and trust would be good for the future. Of course, I know I'm dreaming...”

“Shrub check ???

hummm ... lift arm, scratch pit, lift other arm, scratch pit ... yep shrubs all in place and accounted for.

HOI”

“Those people are elected to run the country and take care business. I don't think anyone believes they are saints. If you need moral leadership, go to church. Personally I would have liked them to keep the money and ensure that SS will be there when and if any of us need it. I can't believe that a couple of hundred bucks will make or break anyone, but collectively that's alot of money that could have been put to good use.”

“what does this mean?

"If I return the money to Washington, they can use it to pay for social programs .... or to pay for Lawandrea's abortion, or etc. "

Baso4
7/20/01”

“trlhiker, Why not invest the money yourself and get three times the return that the Federal Government gets? Al Gore's Lockbox policy was not going to extend social security. He had not proposed a plan to transfer the tax surplus to SS. He was just going to line the pork barrels with the surplus.

Why shouldn't I expect my elected representatives to obey the law?”

“I don't believe nor expect anyone to be saint. I do expect honesty. If they can't be honest with their spouse then we don't have a prayer of them being honest with us.”

“I'm supposed to get my checy about the end of the month. It'll go towards replacing money we spent on our Florida vacation. I Gegeory pack would be cool though.”

“I'm suppose to get mine while we are in the Whites. Oh well it's hers anyway.”

“Some of the surplus I'm sure would have gone towards shoring up SS along with other important programs, like Medicare. I'm as sure of that as you are sure that it would have been used to "line the pork barrels", problem is we will never know now. If you can take the couple of hundred dollars you get and turn it into what SS is, your one hell of an investor. I hope everyone will be as lucky as you. Personally I'm not counting on anything from SS but since we've paid into it all these years I want what is due me. One of the great hold overs from the last eight years of great economic growth was the surplus we had to work with, and now Dubyah has pissed most of that away.

I'm not sure what law you are talking about your elected officals obeying. Since I'm bitching I can't see how Dubyah can stand in front of audience and say that there is not enough scientific evidence to support the Green House Theory or that the enviroment is being harmed, and keep a straight face. What a steaming pant load.
Ya see I'm 48 an I've lived and worked through the nixon years (I am not a crook, Water Gate), the Carter years (Shaw of Iran, I have lusted after other women in my heart), Ronald Reagan (Iran Contra, Oliver North, Reaganomics , what a joke, almost spending the Country into bankruptcy), he gave big business a tax break to close their factories in the US and move them over seas. George Bush, what a do nothing President (I was not in the loop, he let Oliver North take the fall for him and Reagan, it took a war to get people to forget about the sorry economy, Clinton (White Water, turned out to be nothing,and skirt chasing, big deal). Something else we got out of him was the longest run of economic growth in history, unemployment down, welfare down, interest down, job growth and investments in business up, balanced budget for the first time in a hundred years and the afore mentioned surplus, as long as he was taking care of the country's business, and he was, he could have been having sex with circus monkeys during his coffee break and I could have cared less, like i said their elected to take care of business if you require moral leadership go to church. Now we got Dubyah, I'm not a prophet but I bet he'll be a bigger dissapointment than his dad. Most of the people here i suspect is only old enough to have worked in the Clinton years and what they know about about the economy they have learned in the past ten years.
Well let me tell you how it was before, 15 to 18% home morgage rates, unemployment sitting at 8%, no new housing starts, no factory investment because no one had money. I hope you never have to learn about this stuff the hard way.

OH WELL, THINGS MAY NOT ALWAYS WORK OUT LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED, BUT THEY ALWAYS WORK OUT..........”

“We'll use ours for school clothes for 4 teenagers. I figger it'll cover about half.

This whole rebate thing insults me. HOw stupid do they think we are?
Throw a little cash our way and we'll all genuflect to the almighty federal government. If there is a surplus, why not reduce or remove some of the federal taxes?”

“Money back, huh? I guess my two cents will go towards minor debt relief.”

“The tax rate was reduced.”

“trlhikr, I guess being a die hard Clinton supporter has skewed your morals and warped your perspective of history. I don't want my President screwing circus monkeys.”

“monkeys need love too.”

“I never said I was a die hard Clinton supporter, but I guess I do have my own perspective of history. I was there.”

“i just got back from a hike and checked my shrub.

no bugs.

life is good.”

“Your memory is very selective and or biased. You didn't have to say you were a die hard Clinton supporter. It was obvious from your comments that you had your head so far up Bill Clinton's @ss you could describe what he ate for breakfast.”

“My $300 will be going into my IRA.”

“Pantscandy, you're going to waste your money on a gun to shoot tiny little birds? Sounds crazy now that I am repeating it to you, right? Oh, I see you shaking your head no!

I can't find the other thread anymore about you're being a cabana boy. I think you would make a good one, just put the gun down, lol.”

“I saw on the evening news a few nights ago that it cost the government $34 mill to send out notices to the people who are NOT getting any money back. Now that is a pretty sorry waste of my dough and everyone else's. What is that in terms of wasted paper? Must be about half a god damned forest or something.”

“I'm with bacpac,and old enough to remember who did what to at least the Ford era. Carter was a good guy but a rotten prez and the high inflation/ interest rates were his baby. As an environmental engineer I can give you my opinion that "global warming" is still an opinion not fact. It is also the opinion of the same group of scientists that were doing a chicken little about a new ice age about 20 years ago. They're guessing. Refund, and I'm glad to have it back, is going into the kid's college fund.”

“actually?.. with the money i am getting started on the fence around my pool that we got put in a couple weeks ago.”

“We get our $600 the week of our 20th anniversary, so I expect it will be time for a Luv weekend to Chico Hot Springs or maybe Lake Hotel in Yellowstone.”

“I'm gonna buy some shrubbry for the Knights Who Say "Nee"!”

“I'm donating my refund to kleetn, so he/she can reverse that botched sex-change operation.

"Shore up social security." That made me laugh so hard. Thank you. Some of you folks really crack me up with your madcap sense of humor.”

“Arc, don't bother. I'm man enough for both of us.”

“I'm with bacpac - throw those bums out!

question: By the goverment giving us this "rebate", they still get some of it back in taxes. Don't we have to claim this "rebate" as income on next years taxes?”

“No, laqtis.”

“Yes, I believe it says right on the notice that you must retain the records for 2001 income tax purposes.”

“Wait a minute, in 2001 I paid taxes on the money I earned in 2000. Now the Feds are sending me back $600 out of the amount I paid, however, this $600 does not increase the amount I earned in 2000, all it does is decrease (slightly) the amount I paid in taxes for the income I earned in 2000.

However, the state in which you live may have different ideas depending on its tax laws (i.e. if you're allowed to deduct Federal income tax paid from your state income).”

“Move.”

“I'm with newgirl. Last week I got a letter telling me I will be getting $300 in a few weeks. What a waste of paper, postage, and personel.

I side with the knee-jerk liberals. Much as I hate governmental waste and distrust much of what is done with my tax money, $300 isn't going to change my life.

As far as moral leadership goes - trlhikr has it right. If you need moral guidence, go to church. I prefer to stick to the old golden rule. And the great bible quote about those without sin.”

“The Golden Rule...

What does it mean? Be nice to others? F*ck your wife not an intern? Please explain, pepperDog.”