Taxpayer asks:
Our first check came and went. I have heard that they are considering sending another one. Do you think that they will send a second check?
Taxgirl says:
No. I don’t think a second check is in the cards – for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is the economy.
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My family could really use a second check. Im a single mom living paycheck to paycheck with no assistance at all from our lovley government and no child support, like so many of you out there. Is it really going to hurt our government to give us another check? Christmas is less than a month away, of course the majority of the money would go to the economy. And to those of you that say that you don’t think a second check is a good idea, if the government does decide to send the checks, I will give you my address so you can send me yours.
where did the rumor come from that checks would be sent out again?
WHEN IS THE CHECK ARE GOING TO COME?
Latoya, I think the original rumor came from a little politicking and a lot of wishful thinking. There has never been a serious plan introduced to provide a second stimulus check for taxpayers in 2008.
Kay, If there is a second check (and I would NOT bet on it), we won’t see anything until well into 2009.
are we getting a second stimulus before xmas
are getting a 2nd stimulus before xmas
Esther – No, there will not be a second stimulus check before Christmas.
I know I could use a second stimulus check if my word has anything to do with it. People were able to buy things which otherwise may not of been able to splurge for. Just think….if people think it did nothing for the economy, how would the economy have been without those checks? Prolly worse!! Alot of people (like me and my family) could use them and christmas it would have been wounderful!! Granted I have some presents for our children, we are going to spend Christmas with our family empty handed and just barly getting there because I have been looking for work since the end of September. I start college next month in the Nursing field to hopefully be able to keep a job making descent money. But, getting there is the hard part because nobody wants to help you out! I appreciate greatly the help I do get when I get it! Also it gives me a chance to put a smile on our childrens faces to cheer them up with a special outing or present because we had that little bit more to spend! It gets very depressing being broke on a constant basis especially if u have the ambition to go forward but NOTHING AND NOBODY will give you the opportunity or sources to do so. Every little bit counts and is rewarding to alot of us. Granted some may abuse it or whatever but alot benefit from it and appreciate it.
Hoping the second will come!! Could use it to better my family and my career!!
I’m a disabled mother of four and the first stimulus check came just in time to help us pay bills we were over-due on and I agree that it probably didn’t stimulate the economy as hoped because most people,like myself,are living check to check and needed that money to live,not to
“stimulate” the economy by buying things to keep stores out of bankruptcy when we are fighting to stay out ourselves.As generous and kind as it was to offer the much needed help if a second stimulus check wasn’t a done deal it should have never hit the air waves.Too many people I know were praying ang hoping it was true and promised in time for Christmas was just cruelty added to injury.Being disabled I already live off the government and I appreciate every cent I get and it is used to it’s fullest,but I think we all have to face the facts that D.C. cannot bail out big business,airlines,the stock market and hand every taxpayer a second freebie……unless we want our national deficet to be so out of control the country goes bankrupt as a whole.Generations before us have dealt with recessions,depressions and natural disasters without stimulus checks and we have to deal with our increasing financial downfall as best as we can,just as those before us did.
Here we go again.It was like this around the same time last year in 2008.Hearing about the stimulus check thingy.Well i say this IF WE GET a second stimulus Great if not Oh Well.It’s all to confusing.Remember the way people responded angry at the IRS with all the calling and trying to find out how much and when.Then we that happened people that found out later had not too many problems as to the ones (like me that told my tax preparer about it did not even know what to do).So even so i had to file again and still wait weeks to get it in the mail WOW!!Then the people got messed over when they had direct deposit and it was said to be in their banks on a ceratin date and were not WOW!!To me I think the MEDIA needs to get the facts straight before telling the people about MONEY because as we know it we all need it.But look what people are doing to get it.MAYHEM???So people before you go to file your TAXES watch the news if you don’t hear nothing about it still ask question’s so you don’t have to get all hyped up about this thing again.I know I won’t this time around:-|
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