Stimulating

I just checked mine as well. Deposit from the IRS... No plans for it on my part, but I'm sure my wife has it already earmarked.

We were not eligible......my family can't have anything.

I was going to ask if your govt. is giving away free money.  I've never seen anything like this, and if they pass some of the relief bills that are being put forward then yeah......call us socialists. 

2000.00/month for 8 months for everyone over 16 who earned less than 130,000 per year.  That's just stupid. 

I'm starting to believe that our Conservative politicians are actually Democrats, and the Democrats have jumped off a cliff.  I have no idea how that happened.

I don't think we qualify for any either.

My husband did get approved for the payroll protection program for his business. He applied at multiple banks the minute the application went live. Only heard back from one after a few weeks, but that's enough. Glad he did the legwork right away and applied to multiple banks rather than just our bank (who never responded), since apparently they're out of money for that program already. We're fine financially ourselves, but he would have had to lay off at least one of his salespeople without the payroll protection (he builds homes). This would normally be a great excuse for a business like his to get rid of dead weight, but in his case, he's finally got a staff of really competent people - he didn't want to lay any of them off!!

Here ya go......

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2020/04/15/stimulus-bill-taxes-congress-refund/#3d6056641c65

Meh.....the stupid way some folks live doesn't have that much to do with the economy being good or bad.  The fact is, everyone was working, the markets were booming, we are energy self-sufficient,  the housing market was on fire.  No, none of that was a joke.....and we'll likely be back there again if these idiots don't give the whole farm away.

We make enough money to not qualify for stimulus checks.  I live in a 1900 square foot home, drive a 9 year old pickup truck, and fish and hunt from a 14 ft. boat that I've had for 17 years.  We could go a very long time with no income.  We have no house payment, and the only vehicle payment we have  is one of the kid's jeeps. 

I hope they are stupid enough to give my family $60,000 in stimulus if the 2k/month deal passes.  I'll put every penny in the stock market.

People are dumb with money.....they deserve to be broke as far as I'm concerned.

Geez, marcag, the markets are nearly back to where they were before this thing started.  I'm only down about 8% at this point....and I'm getting some of that back today.

The fact that you can point to one thing or another as not up to some perceived standard is just ridiculous.  Here's a fact.....unless you were just dumb as a sack of hammers, or lazy as hell, there was all kinds of opportunity to make all the money you wanted. The economy was THAT good.

And dude....this country does not need your country's oil....in any way.  The simple fact is, we don't need anything from anyone....this country is that rich in resources....and you know that.

If the USA ever really does tell the world to pizz up a rope there will be only one country that doesn't suffer in some way from it....and I'm sitting in it.