Didja?

Didja get the IRS mailing about the "Economic Stimulus Payment"?

If you did, you know what I'm talking about. It probably cost a few hundred thou to print and mail all of these letters.

What was their purpose? Oh, just the IRS equivalent of Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes.

You may have already won.

Yeah. You may have qualified for the check. Or not. We're just telling you- nothing. If you've been under a rock, IRS wants you to know...you may or may not get some amount that may or may not be less than the amount they mentioned.

Glad to see our tax dollars at work in such a helpful way.

Stay tuned for the next update from the IRS later in the summer. Letters to confirm you may or may not have already received the check. That if your mailbox is empty, it's because you didn't qualify but the IRS wanted you to know that you didn't get the check you had been warned you might not get. And if you did get the check, the letter will confirm you got the check you might have missed out on.

For more helpful IRS info: Economic Stimulus Payment Calculator

PS- The intent of this check is to spend and stimulate the economy. Sad to say, we spend enough. This payment (which we may or may not get but according to the calculator we will) will be going into my savings account. Yay me.

independence

This is a work in progress. It's something I've been thinking about, feeling all alone on an island full of people.

darn this thing won't copy/paste. I guess you will have to wait for my pearls of wisdom until I have the time to re-type the whole blessed thing!