That seems to be the cry from many who I talk with, and even from some who comment here on my blog. While James and I have both received ours via direct deposit, I am not immune to the plight of others still waiting.
You’ve been waiting for that economic stimulus check from the U.S. Treasury to buy that big-screen TV or fill your Hummer with gas.
Each day you run to the mailbox in anticipation of a monetary windfall.
After all, it seems like a year ago that TV anchors were telling you the check was in the mail.
But the mailbox contains nothing but bad news: Bills, bills and more bills.
You’re wondering if maybe the guys at the Treasury Department need a stimulus inserted into their calculus when Good Neighbor Pat shouts hello and says, “Got my check in the mail the other day.”
Well, ain’t that just fine and dandy.
That was the opening to a wonderfully funny article that ran in The Southtown Star. Click the link to read the rest.
I mean, each day someone else has their economic stimulus check is a day I’m losing interest on my money.
All right, maybe I shouldn’t be thinking about putting the money in the bank.
In theory, I’m supposed to be spending it on a home remodeling project – putting carpenters, plumbers and bricklayers to work so they can support their families, buy food and computers for their children, who can then go out and buy shoes and clothes made in China, which can then loan the U.S. enough money to keep our economy going.
And I realize this isn’t all about me – there are millions of other people out there with big numbers at the end of their Social Security cards, and maybe we need to march on Washington, D.C., to protest.
We need to form a group (Big Numbers Are People Too) and claim digitary discrimination.
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