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View Poll Results: What Will You Do With Your Tax Rebate Check?

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  • Put it in savings/investments

    36 36.00%
  • Use it to pay outstanding bills (credit card, etc.)

    52 52.00%
  • Buy something I really need (see below)

    6 6.00%
  • Buy something I really want (see below)

    6 6.00%
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    This is tied to the recent announcement that the Bush administration is giving people tax rebate checks.

    As I said in the other thread on this subject, my check&#39;s going straight to Bank of America...and I have a hunch that the same is true for a lot of folks, which reinforces my belief that this administration is completely out to lunch. <_<

    So since NP is a valuable source of black women&#39;s opinions...I thought I&#39;d ask: Who here is REALLY going to use their check to "stimulate the economy" by buying something?

    NOTE that I differentiated between buying "something you need" and "something you want." I realize that "need" differs according to the individual, so I&#39;m defining "need" as something that will significantly impact the quality of your life if you get it or don&#39;t get it.

    ETA: If you&#39;re going to buy something, state what you&#39;re going to buy (if it&#39;s not too personal, though personal stuff is okay too).
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    Its going to a bill sis. I have numerous ones from which I can choose to put that money in good use.

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    Traditionally, I follow an 80/20 rule with my tax refund--80% of it goes into my indexed savings account and 20% goes into my checking account--and that&#39;s theoretically "spent."

    This year, I want to pay down a bill, so I might do 70/30. My desire to "stimulate" the economy has little to do with "extra cash" that I get from anything. I spend whenever I want to.

    IF I buy something with tax money, I "want" to buy a new sofa and chair and do a small remodel to my living room, but again, I can do that irrespective of the rebate, so I dunno. :unsure:
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    Well I think ill get $600 for being single so that will go to a $1600 credit card debt that I am trying to pay down.

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    well my tax refund is going straight to the bank account... and the $600 or more that Uncle Sam is giving away is 60% bills and 40% on things i need (like clothes since i go shopping like twice a year)... everything else can wait...

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    i will bank a portion of it. the rest is going to a bill.
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    most of it is going into my ing roth ira. a small portion will be set aside for travel.
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    I&#39;m dusting off the part of my brain that has my Econ/Finance degree knowledge in it, but nothing&#39;s coming, so tell me NappGeniuses, won&#39;t this be considered as income that you&#39;ll be taxed on anyway?

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    Forget "stimulating the economy," I&#39;m trying to stimulate some growth in my savings account! When are we supposed to get this check?

    I&#39;m dusting off the part of my brain that has my Econ/Finance degree knowledge in it, but nothing&#39;s coming, so tell me NappGeniuses, won&#39;t this be considered as income that you&#39;ll be taxed on anyway?
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