quote Originally posted by Zeb: So, why is the government giving me (my) money I don't need when they could be giving it to someone who does?

Since you obviously realize that the gooberment is simply "giving" you your own money back, and unless you somehow believe in that same gooberment's sudden magic ability to determine who needs your money more than you, (surprise! they can't), I'd say the best course of action is for you to accept your "refund" and then YOU DECIDE who you believe needs it most.

One way or another, it's being "given away" by congress critters in hopes that folks will feel grateful to the same gooberment that made so many of them need it so badly.......Hooray Marxism / Socialism......

As for me, I will do what I did last time with the $1, 200

I'm going to add it to my annual property tax payment.
That way it both benefits me personally and I give it back to the (local) gooberment.....Win-Win

(The wife blew her stimulus on "stimulating" her feet....she bought shoes....)

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By the way, one of the nicest things I have heard this Christmas season was how a man here in Florida anonymously paid the overdue electric bills for a few families and also paid them all one month ahead.

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quote Originally posted by Patrick: What is it that made that long drive every working day worthwhile? Nothing suitable price-wise in the housing market closer to the job site?

We actually used to live closer. MUCH closer. My commute was 28 miles, each way.
Last March, we sold our house and moved out to the sticks, to my wife's old "home place". We decided that the commute would be worth it, since we would have a bunch of land, and a bunch of privacy. And I was going to retire in two years. (Now less than 16 months.) Figured that I could deal with the commute, for two years.

Strange how it worked out. Our actual "moving days" were on (I believe) the last Thursday and Friday of March. I scheduled vacation for those days.
The last Wednesday before my vacation, they told us, "Due to the virus, going forward, we will be working remotely. This, until further notice."
A few months in, we were (obviously) still working remotely, and management was pleased with how we were doing our jobs, so they told us that we could consider it a "permanent situation". (They are also going to save a sh!t ton on floor space rental, but I'm certain that that has nothing to do with it. )
Since March, I have only ever made the trip downtown maybe 2-3 times (due to potential network issues.)
So, I am actually saving a small fortune, sort of at the expense of those who.... are not. (Well, not really. But you understand where I'm coming from.)

If we (wife and I) can help someone else to stay afloat, then we will.

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