Here in .au, among other things, we're getting a $900 cash bonus that people are being encouraged to spend.
Cheers, Dave 2009/2/27 John Sessoms <[email protected]>: > From: David Savage >> >> The stimulus money is only effective if it's kept within our economy :-) >> Cheers >> >> Dave >> >> 2009/2/26 Derby Chang <[email protected]>: >>> >>> > >>> > Mr Gandy is taking deposits for the 20mm SLII. >>> > >>> > http://www.cameraquest.com/Voigt_SL2.htm >>> > >>> > I think I might hold onto my stimulus money for a little while longer >>> > until >>> > the actual price is announced, but this sure does look tempting. >> >> > > I ain't seeing all that much stimulus outa' what's been passed. > > What I understand, they're going to go for a reduction in tax withholding to > spread it out over the year, so people won't just use it to pay bills and > such. According to everything I read, I should get $400. > > That's going to amount to between $15 - $20 per paycheck for me ... but it > ain't happened yet. Meanwhile, I'm already getting a $50 per paycheck cut in > pay from my employer. > > So, when the stimulus finally kicks in, I'm only going to be seeing $30 - > $35 less per paycheck instead of $50. > > Assuming I still have a job. > > I'm really inspired to go out right now and just burn a hole through my > credit cards. > > Or maybe not. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
