My federal aid is here!

[GH85Carrera]

I just looked on-line at my checking account. My money shows as deposited.

I am real sure that is the first government money I have ever received that was not earned or due from a refund.

My plan: Spent 100% of it at LOCAL owned businesses, and tip any restaurant worker big tips. Gonna blow it all on food at local owned restaurants.

[tadd]

How much did you get?

I don't meet the requirements... sadness for me.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Hookers and blow! Oh wait, hookers don’t meet the CDC guidelines.

Supposedly we all got an Obama check back in 2008, which I don’t remember.

[faverymi]

My understanding is an advancement from your 2021 tax refund.

Not free, a loan

[carreradpt]

Greg, have you already filed your 2019 taxes? Curious.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Hookers and blow! Oh wait, hookers don’t meet the CDC guidelines.

Supposedly we all got an Obama check back in 2008, which I don’t remember.

I did not get a check back then.

I have never received any government "free cheese" before. No loans, no support, or FEMA aid, or whatever. I have just sent money to them since I was 16, and just sent in my estimated first quarterly taxes for 2020.

[BK911]

I will not miss a paycheck and am supposed to get this stimulus check.
Wifey and I were trying to figure out who to donate it to, but most (all?) charities only give a small percentage to the needy.
Wifey is Filipina, so we decided to donate to her family in the Philippines.
I don't know the final numbers, but they bought truck loads of 50# sacks of rice and a LOT of canned goods.
I know it's US stimulus money, but by donating there it fed over 100 families for a week.
Since then we have done a round 2 and round 3 since there are so many families starving.
To stimulate the US economy, I am spending all the gas money I am saving by working at home on car parts.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by faverymi

My understanding is an advancement from your 2021 tax refund.

Not free, a loan

Not true per what I have read. But it’s definitely not free, we (taxpayers) are going to pay for it.

[widebody911]

Looks like I'm getting zilch

[911boost]

I cannot imagine I will get anything, where are the details on who gets what etc?

[tabs]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I did not get a check back then.

I have never received any government "free cheese" before. No loans, no support, or FEMA aid, or whatever. I have just sent money to them since I was 16, and just sent in my estimated first quarterly taxes for 2020.

Remember the $200 ya got from the last crisis in 08???? How short our memories are...

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by 911boost

I cannot imagine I will get anything, where are the details on who gets what etc?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-stimulus-checks-gets-money-021228294.html

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by BK911

Wifey is Filipina, so we decided to donate to her family in the Philippines.

I don't know the final numbers, but they bought truck loads of 50# sacks of rice and a LOT of canned goods.

That is great. I have worked with a Filipina for the past twenty years, the best person on this or any other planet. As well, I have been to the Philippines many times.

She knows how much the Tribes mean to me, but I have started to help her charity in Macabebe.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by tabs

Remember the $200 ya got from the last crisis in 08???? How short our memories are...

I remember...I used mine to purchase a Heineken mini-kegerator.
Good investment..I still have it.
Didn't know at that time that it would not work for other brands.

[911boost]

Thanks Steve.

I am glad to see I am not getting anything and it will go to the people that need it.

Of course I will still be paying for it.

[tadd]

I think it is $75k single or 150k married is the cap.

[911boost]

Yep, that is what was in the link Steve posted.

[stomachmonkey]

Told my house cleaning crew we'd pay them whether they show up or not.

Been tipping the snot out of food delivery and curbside pickup, up to 50% depending.

I hear plenty of of delivery people complaining people are not tipping.

I can only assume the none tippers assume the delivery persons pay/tip is fully covered in the total.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

I hear plenty of of delivery people complaining people are not tipping.

I can only assume the none tippers assume the delivery persons pay/tip is fully covered in the total.

I think part of that problem is that people are running out of cash for tips.
The atm machines are a no-no.

[biosurfer1]

Originally Posted by tadd

I think it is $75k single or 150k married is the cap.

No, those are the limits of the full amount, then they start to phase out up to $99k/$198k.

Plus you get $500 per dependant at home. So a family of 4 would get $3400 if they make a combined $150k or less, any more than $150k and it's a linear reduction up to $198k...meaning if you made $198,001, you're SOL.