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    • 30 Apr `08, 2:22PM

      I see the PAP is not the only goverment in the world that throw bones at their people to bribe them ... icon_lol.gif

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    • 30 Apr `08, 2:30PM
      Originally posted by Fatum:

      I see the PAP is not the only goverment in the world that throw bones at their people to bribe them ... icon_lol.gif


      ha ha they didn;t throw bones here they throw a couple of Ribs......$600 to $1200

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    Meia Gisborn
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    • 30 Apr `08, 6:03PM

      According to the last two digits of my SSN, I'll be getting the check sometime after July 4.

      Most of the rebate will likely be spent on gas; the remainer, on food and ammunition.

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    • 30 Apr `08, 7:29PM
      Originally posted by Arapahoe:


      ha ha they didn;t throw bones here they throw a couple of Ribs......$600 to $1200

      that's roughly what I got too ......

      bones they are .... compared to our ministar's multi-million dollar salaries ...

       

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    • 01 May `08, 2:21AM

      Pay down credit card. *cry*

       

      MG, what? No direct deposit?

      Edited by jetta 01 May `08, 2:24AM
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    • 01 May `08, 2:32AM
      Originally posted by jetta:

      Pay down credit card. *cry*

       

      MG, what? No direct deposit?


      I like to fondle and feel the check and run it through my fingers before depositing it. A direct deposit is too cold, clinical and impersonal.

       

      Yes, I'm old-fashioned...  icon_lol.gif

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    • 01 May `08, 1:31PM
      Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:


      I like to fondle and feel the check and run it through my fingers before depositing it. A direct deposit is too cold, clinical and impersonal.

       

      Yes, I'm old-fashioned... 

      Lalalalalaaaaaaaaaaaa............ icon_lol.gif

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    • 01 May `08, 9:45PM
      Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:


      I like to fondle and feel the check and run it through my fingers before depositing it. A direct deposit is too cold, clinical and impersonal.

       

      Yes, I'm old-fashioned...  icon_lol.gif

      haha.........

      anyways, i got my refund end of feb.  yes, i am an early tax filer. ;-) 

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    • 28 Jun `08, 10:41AM

      Has everyone gotten their checks? Some people received two. icon_lol.gif Put mine toward my CC. Didn't make that much of a dent. icon_sad.gif

  • Arapahoe
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    • 28 Jun `08, 11:20AM

      it is not necessary a blessing if you received 2. uncle sam will in its time get it back.

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    Meia Gisborn
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    • 25 Jul `08, 4:27AM

      According to the IRS website, based on the last two digits of my SSN I was supposed to have received an "economic stimulus payment" check a few days after July 4.

      Well, it's three weeks after that date, and still no check. So I went on their website and discovered that not all taxpayers were eligible for the payment. A handy-dandy calculator on the website was available to determine eligibility, so I plugged in some numbers from my 2007 tax return; the calculator digested all the information--and concluded that I was not eligible for the economic stimulus payment because my adjusted gross income was "too high."

      What the farking fark???? I thought all taxpayers were eligible for the damn payment!! Farking IRS... hope those bastards burn in hell!  icon_mad.gif icon_mad.gif icon_mad.gif icon_mad.gif

  • Arapahoe
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    • 25 Jul `08, 6:39AM

      Opps...did u just over spend yourself in SG........but again I thought the higher you pay the more you get your return?

       

      my wife took hers to pay for a facial and dental....and I pay for the rest....confused.png

       

      Edited by Arapahoe 25 Jul `08, 6:41AM
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    Meia Gisborn
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    • 25 Jul `08, 9:27AM
      Originally posted by Arapahoe:

      Opps...did u just over spend yourself in SG........but again I thought the higher you pay the more you get your return?

       

      my wife took hers to pay for a facial and dental....and I pay for the rest....confused.png

       

      Nope. According to the IRS website, you get the full rebate amount up until the $75,000 AGI level. Above that, the rebate amount progressively decreases until zero.

      Blardy IRS... penalizing taxpayers for being successful at their jobs. Guess I'm going to have to find some way to reduce my 2008 tax liabiity by $500 to "make up" for their stupidity.

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