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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 08:50 AM Original message |
After-tax incomes and spending show big gains |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Massive jolt to household finances"..... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Planet Bozone of course. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. And the Easter Bunny is real too. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Magical thinking |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. I call bullshit. Whoever wrote that is either delusional |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. Wow-wee!!!! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. And this atypical family of one |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. take home pay |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. And what are they going to do next month? |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Next month? C'mon, ya know "these people" don't give a fuck about next month. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. ahem |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
8. Cool! Better send out a refund every month to keep this rolling! |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I second that! n/t |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
9. Ya know, those "stimulus" checks are taxable......... |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. So that's why the average check is $600 |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Well, they don't take taxes out. I would think that you would have..... |
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2PeiMom (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. It's not taxable, according to the IRS site: |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Welcome to the DU |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. It's written down on the 2008 return as being paid to you |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
16. "The SURGE in income..." I thought I read on DU yesterday that the $600 bought gas |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
18. Even Wall Street isn't buying this crap anymore. |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
19. Awesome! Proof That... |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. NPR reported in the same breathless style this a.m. |
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skoalyman (751 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. here ya go AP. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Ok, if Americans are doing SOOOOO well, why is my practice |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It's easier once you have slipped the surly bonds of reality |
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wishlist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. My check won't even pay the increase in cost of heating oil to fill my tank |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
26. "which means that it could easily reverse in the coming months" |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. Just the upswing of the coming DOUBLE DIP recession. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
29. oh we are sooooo in for a major hang over from this |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
30. So that means September or August numbers will have record drops |
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