This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Check is in the Mail
May
30
2008
It is the end of May, and I have not received my economic stimulus tax rebate check. According to what the IRS said, I should have received my money a few weeks ago. But I did, last week, receive a letter from the IRS saying that I will get some money. Not the money itself, just a letter describing the money.
Lewis Black had a comedy routine about this the last time there was an economic stimulus rebate thingy (around 2001). And I have to agree with him. Why not, instead of mailing people letters telling them they’re going to receive checks, just put the checks in the letters? That would save people some annoyance and save the government some money. How much money? It cost the IRS $42 million to send letters without checks in them.
“For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing.”
– Romans 13:6
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 9:23 pm and has been carefully placed in the Finance category.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
I have a whole separate problem with the IRS, “economic stimulus” payments, etc. But the thing funny about this issue is Charles Schumer’s criticizing Mr. Bush in the CBS article for his misuse of federal funds. That’s like the coal-coated, charred, ink-covered obsidian pot calling the kettle black. I sometimes wonder if people living in the other world known as DC really are capable of saying anything meaningful, or if it’s all just spin, 24/7/52.
http://www.cagw.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=11436
http://swineline.org/2008/05/22/wheres-pigfoot-may-2008-porker/