Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
Most people I spoke to about it look forward to getting the money, of course, but think it's stupid. That's how I feel too. I could use it for something, but it's dumb. $600 is not really enough to make much of a difference in your life, but $117 billion seems like a lot for the government to borrow.
You're right, for most of us $600 doesn't amount to much. I'm just happy to have broke even this year with my taxes, and getting a check just for the hell of it may not be necessary... but I'll find something to do with it. But, like I mentioned before, to someone who may actually need the money (I know several people who are struggling just to pay the bills), it'll be a welcome sight for them. Truth be told, it could very well have been spent to engineer new B-2's or F-18's for the war campaign... but it isn't. It's going into the hands of American citizens.