Tax Rebate Incentive Checks

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

It seems my pets cost me a much as having a child. I think they should be dependents.

How much does sending a cat to college cost these days?

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

How much does sending a cat to college cost these days?

Quite a bit! The bribes to the Dean alone are thousands and thousands!

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Got this emailed to me today, thought it was amusing.

The federal government is sending each and every one of us a $600 rebate.

If we spend it at Wal-Mart, the money will go to China .

If we spend it on gasoline, the money will go to the Arabs.

If we purchase a computer it will go to India .

If we purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico , Honduras and Guatemala .

If we purchase a good car, it will go to Japan .

If we purchase useless crap it will go to Taiwan and none of it will help the American economy.

The only way to keep the money here at home is to spend it on prostitutes, weed, beer and tattoos since these are the only products still produced in the USA .Thank you for your help and please support the US .

[blueerica]

I got that same email and thought Hell, some of the best weed doesn't even come from the US. Some of the best beer comes from Europe. And I've heard a thing or two about prostitutes from overseas in both directions...

Tattoos on the other hand.. I have no idea where that ink still comes from.

That and we're moving away from production and into service as a nation (due to about a bajillionty reasons). So, simply because something isn't made here doesn't mean that we're not seeing a profit from it. That's what irks me about these emails - they don't take into account changes in our society and economy. Rather than taking the information and improving upon the situation with what we're 'best/better' at, people like my family members who send me emails about 50 times a day would rather gripe that we're not 'producing' anything any more. I want to tell them to leave their desk jockey jobs and get on the factory line if it's so important to them.

OK, so I've been made sensitive. To note, 50 emails is an exaggeration, but I do average about 20-25 emails a day, 50% of which are likely to be some form of propaganda.

Is it okay to put your family members' email addresses on a blacklist?

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by blueerica

Is it okay to put your family members' email addresses on a blacklist?

Yes. It is also ok to delete without reading.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by blueerica

Is it okay to put your family members' email addresses on a blacklist?

I have pissed off many a family member by hitting reply to all with a link to Snopes (or other such source) pointing out the BS that they are spreading.

For some reason, I don't get many emails from my family any more.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I have pissed off many a family member by hitting reply to all with a link to Snopes (or other such source) pointing out the BS that they are spreading.

For some reason, I don't get many emails from my family any more.

I do that allllll the time. I consider it to be educating my family. Sometimes, I reply to every single person listed. That, in itself, can be up to 50 people or more.


ETA: Also, some of these articles start with "Already confirmed by snopes.com". I ignore that too and double check it. It turns out to be a BS story.

[blueerica]

I do that a lot, but the deletion has become tiresome.

That, and they've gotta be sick of getting CC'd on everything.

Now, back to your regularly scheduled Tax Rebate Incentive Money Spending thread...

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by blueerica

I do that a lot, but the deletion has become tiresome.

That, and they've gotta be sick of getting CC'd on everything.

I'm sorry. I'll be sure to remove your mom from the distribution list.

Now, back to your regularly scheduled Tax Rebate Incentive Money Spending thread...

Now back.

/shakes fist. stay on topic!!




promptly rolls over laughing at the thought of LoT staying on topic.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I'm sorry. I'll be sure to remove your mom from the distribution list.



Now back.

/shakes fist. stay on topic!!




promptly rolls over laughing at the thought of LoT staying on topic.

I get mine this week. Yay!