The Government wants us to shop til we drop :-)

[iqqi]

I know not all of you read the NEWS, lol. Most of you probably know this. But for those of you who don't have a clue, if you filed your taxes this year like a good boy (or girl), you will be getting a check in the mail - and no I don't mean your refund. I mean on top of that even. :cheer:

Read more here.

 

[KontrollerX]

You gonna buy a Nintendo Wii with your money iqqi?

Get Mario lol.

 

[iqqi]

Video games are for little kids.


I'm going to buy booze and sex!













Lol... just kidding.

 

[Last Man Standing]

The economy, no, the world money system is going to crash!!! America doesn't produce/manufacture much anymore - we are a country of retail stores and services - if we don't spend $'s then the collapse will just be obvious and come sooner... see the Economic Collapse thread and listen to the links on page 10 - and prepare!! http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?t=123768

The refund is a political/ economic farce - it will do nothing to prevent the collapse!

 

[Ken785]

wait...i only earned $100 last year on my income taxes...they took away about $7 in tax...i wasnt going to file but are you telling me if i do i get $600 back automatically?

 

[Create Reality]

yeah I think so.

 

[Obsidian]

Enticing people to waste their money on useless items/services is no way to improve the economy. It'll increase the GDP (temporarily), but that won't really mean anything.

The real reason to give taxes back is because the government has taken too much already -- and because people will likely spend their money more wisely than the government will.

 

[FutureSpartan]

I talked to an econ major who told me the "rebate" is nothing more than a cleverly disguised bailout of the banking and financial system.

Since most Americans are up to their neck in credit card debt and struggling to make their mortgage payments, its likely that any refund recieved will go straight to paying off those obligations. The idea is for the banks to accumulate cash reserves since apparantely they have none.

My bank just recently started offering a 5.00% annual yield savings account with an end-of-year 5.00% bonus. A savings account normally pays a measly fraction of a percent. The banking system is broke and is doing anything it can to recoup last years losses from the subprime mess.

 

[Aboleo]

Sweet. Now I can get that mossberg 590 with the pistol grip and red-dot sight like I've always wanted.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOPuEuJx1MY&NR=1


Look out for me next dove season... thats all I can say.

 

[Ken785]

wait...i only earned $100 last year on my income taxes...they took away about $7 in tax...i wasnt going to file but are you telling me if i do i get $600 back automatically?

can anyone confirm for sure?

 

[Last Man Standing]

I talked to an econ major who told me the "rebate" is nothing more than a cleverly disguised bailout of the banking and financial system.

Since most Americans are up to their neck in credit card debt and struggling to make their mortgage payments, its likely that any refund recieved will go straight to paying off those obligations. The idea is for the banks to accumulate cash reserves since apparantely they have none.

My bank just recently started offering a 5.00% annual yield savings account with an end-of-year 5.00% bonus. A savings account normally pays a measly fraction of a percent. The banking system is broke and is doing anything it can to recoup last years losses from the subprime mess.

FutureSpartan - it really has nothing to do with the subprime "mess" - it's systemic - as forced through the bretton woods conference after world war 2 - did you listen to the links as provided in your economic collapse thread - on page 10?

 

[Gangster Of Love]

Certain people in government probably would want you to spend it by buying some overpriced gasoline.

 

[spider_007]

The Government wants us to shop til we drop

maybe people should start thinking about paying off some of that credit they have acumilated over the years.

Goverments reason for averything; "oh spend more money". it makes you think whats going to happen, when people can't spend anymore, because they don't have any more; record Credits, Record Goverment debth, Low value of money.....Maybe we should add some biometric chips to this, and you'll have a modern version of slaves.

 

[FutureSpartan]

A regular savings account? Not a TDA? Man, who do you bank with?

Not sure what TDA means....but its from Wachovia's Way2Save program.

 

[BoredDude]

The economy, no, the world money system is going to crash!!! America doesn't produce/manufacture much anymore - we are a country of retail stores and services - if we don't spend $'s then the collapse will just be obvious and come sooner... see the Economic Collapse thread and listen to the links on page 10 - and prepare!! http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?t=123768

The refund is a political/ economic farce - it will do nothing to prevent the collapse!

70% of America's GDP is the result of consumption, of course the government wants us to spend more. Also, with the quote "America doesn't produce/manufacture much anymore" services are included in GDP and we produce roughly 32 billion final goods and services a day, or 12 trillion a year. Compare those numbers with other countries.

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Sweet. Now I can get that mossberg 590 with the pistol grip and red-dot sight like I've always wanted.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOPuEuJx1MY&NR=1


Look out for me next dove season... thats all I can say.

I use to own a 500, it was a SOB with the pistol grip! :rockon:

 

[Aboleo]

I use to own a 500, it was a SOB with the pistol grip! :rockon:

Very nice. I've got a 500 equiped with a Sidewinder. I'd really like to have an AA12 Automatic Shotgun... ****ing sweet, badass gun!:yes:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhstuvzMiB0&feature=related

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Very nice. I've got a 500 equiped with a Sidewinder. I'd really like to have an AA12 Automatic Shotgun... ****ing sweet, badass gun!:yes:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhstuvzMiB0&feature=related

Hmmm, the woman in the video went up a point or two on the attractiveness meter once they showed her firing; strange. Well, I guess that shows where my interest stands nowadays.

 

[meitenesrigas]

The economy, no, the world money system is going to crash!!! America doesn't produce/manufacture much anymore - we are a country of retail stores and services - if we don't spend $'s then the collapse will just be obvious and come sooner... see the Economic Collapse thread and listen to the links on page 10 - and prepare!! http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?t=123768

The refund is a political/ economic farce - it will do nothing to prevent the collapse!

Brilliant! Kudos to you for getting it. A student of the Marc Faber/Jim Rodgers school? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isD2aj3wh20 The first of three parts. Eventually I expect the U.S. gov't. to try and limit the travel of Americans. This is already happening.

 

[Aboleo]

Hmmm, the woman in the video went up a point or two on the attractiveness meter once they showed her firing; strange. Well, I guess that shows where my interest stands nowadays.

Then you'll love this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwZgER5Ti_s :yes: