The checks are ALMOST in the mail
If you have not heard, the House approved Bush's stimulus package. So, we just need to wait for the Senate to approve the bill and then the Government will say "your check is in the mail." The are saying couples could get as much as a $1200 in the form of a rebate check. The intention, of course is that everyone will go out and spend it, thus boosting our economy and help eliminate that nasty "R" word (recession).
This is the news clip, if you want a bit more detail…
The U.S. House approved a $146 billion economic stimulus plan aimed at averting an election-year recession in part by sending tax-rebate checks to about 111 million Americans. Lawmakers voted to approve legislation that would also expand investment tax breaks for business and add capital to the slumping mortgage market by allowing federally chartered […]
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