Rebate checks

[Janet]

Originally Posted by Tink

Haley, what I think Janet meant is that the rebate check is really only an advance on next years tax refund. All they're doing is giving it out early in hopes of jump starting the economy a bit. So while we will get it in June... we will get that much less next year on our refund... so it's not the huge "gift" some thing it is.

Thanks Tink! That's exactly what I meant. The gov't is never going to give you anything for nothing. I may need that money more next year than I do this year so I'll just put it in the savings. I hate the way they want to screw with our lives.