Economic Stimulus Check Burned For Warmth

mattduke · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Oct 28, 2005 Posts: 1333

As with the Iraq war, The Onion's analysis is more accurate than WSJ, FT, Economist, etc.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/economic_stimulus_check

Twilight · Expert Joined: Mar 02, 2007 Posts: 2971 Location: UK

I am pissing myself laughing.

This is gallows humour at its finest.

The writer definitely gets it.
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"The American people are watching the numbers climb higher and higher at the pump and they're waiting to see what the Congress will do." - George W Bush

killJOY · Fission Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 2471 Location: ^NNE^

My "stimulus" is already ear-marked to pay back taxes.

Isn't that a laugh?

Fiddlerdave · Heavy Crude Joined: Mar 18, 2007 Posts: 271

An out of work friend's check was intecepted by past due student loans. her mojo is definately NOT rising.

That hungry student loan beast probably ate a few million checks.

pup55 · Expert Joined: May 26, 2004 Posts: 3679

I was going to be a nice guy and set up an investment account for my yet-unborn grandchildren, who are of course the ones who will end up paying for this Christmas in May because it is all deficit financed.

Seemed like the right thing to do somehow.

JJ · Heavy Crude Joined: Aug 07, 2007 Posts: 337

My 23 year old got a letter delivered to my home address saying he would be getting 563.00
He got a direct deposit of 500.

We didn't get a letter, but a direct deposit of 1209.
(two adults two small children)

preps. And my co-workers, even the seeminly intelligent ones, only care about American Idol and such.