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Offline muckmaw

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Thank you Washington...$400 Check for me!
« on: May 23, 2003, 09:15:43 AM »
The tax cut bill just passed, thanks to a tie breaking vote by Dick Cheney.

On top of a bigger paycheck, (marginally, anyway) I'll be gettting a check for $400.00 in July for the child tax credit.


Looks like my wife will be getting that new couch she wanted after all!
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Offline Curval

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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2003, 09:28:17 AM »
Good new all around (see my CDN$ thread).

We are buying a 42" flat screen plasma TV next week with our little windfall.  ;)
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Couch or college fund?
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2003, 09:34:08 AM »
Which would have the highest return on that windfall?
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« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2003, 09:37:13 AM »
A new couch?
Will that give you the opportunity to post more pictures of your wife here? :D
(I noticed that Curval couldn't help but run in this thread as well!)
*runs*
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« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2003, 09:42:46 AM »


That money could have been much better spent studying the mating habits of the snail darter or on a significant new exhibition by an gay/lesbian artist.

And you want to use it for educating a kid? Shame!
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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2003, 09:45:32 AM »
Gofaster..I could be wrong, but wasn't it you who had a windfall a few months ago and who was going to blow it all on a second hand car?

Maybe I missed something in that thread...did Muck suggest a college fund or something and that is why you suggest it here?
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« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2003, 09:52:34 AM »
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Gofaster..I could be wrong, but wasn't it you who had a windfall a few months ago and who was going to blow it all on a second hand car?

Maybe I missed something in that thread...did Muck suggest a college fund or something and that is why you suggest it here?


I have no kids.  Kinda hard to start a college fund if there isn't a social security number to go along with it. ;)

I ended up spending the cash on a vacation to Charleston, South Carolina and the rest is being spent $10 at a time on eBay buying model kits and WW2 books.  They're educational, you know, for the kids I'll have some day. :D
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Re: Couch or college fund?
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2003, 10:00:14 AM »
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Which would have the highest return on that windfall?


I appreciate your concern, Gofaster.

At this time, I have a 529 plan set up or my daughter, which is funded via direct deposit, $100 per month, into an Age Based Asset Allocation Fund. She is only 3 years old, so the portfolio is quite aggresive.

As a secondary option, I have 3 UGMA accounts in place, which are allocated by a GSET format. These consist of 50% Fico Strips, and 50% Equity mutual funds.

I believe her college education will be well funded when the time comes, in 15 years.

Net net, I'm buying the couch.;)
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Re: Thank you Washington...$400 Check for me!
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2003, 10:52:45 AM »
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Originally posted by muckmaw
The tax cut bill just passed, thanks to a tie breaking vote by Dick Cheney.

On top of a bigger paycheck, (marginally, anyway) I'll be gettting a check for $400.00 in July for the child tax credit.


Looks like my wife will be getting that new couch she wanted after all!


Hey, congratulations! You'll be especially comfy on the new couch knowing that yer kids will be paying for it.
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« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2003, 10:59:11 AM »
Indeed!

Far better for your children to pay even MORE for more great projects like these:

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Here are some examples of this year’s taxpayer-funded pork projects: $90,000 for the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame; $800,000 for the Grammy Foundation; $1 million for a study of bear DNA; and $250,000 to implement the National Preschool Anger Management Project.  While each of these funding figures may not seem too large individually, taken collectively they create a gaping hole in the federal coffers we help to fill, paycheck after paycheck.

Cutting Taxes or Paying for Pork?

Why should your children pay for your family couch in arrears when they can pay MUCH, MUCH MORE in arrears to study bear DNA?
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Re: Re: Couch or college fund?
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2003, 11:44:03 AM »
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I appreciate your concern, Gofaster.

At this time, I have a 529 plan set up or my daughter, which is funded via direct deposit, $100 per month, into an Age Based Asset Allocation Fund. She is only 3 years old, so the portfolio is quite aggresive.

As a secondary option, I have 3 UGMA accounts in place, which are allocated by a GSET format. These consist of 50% Fico Strips, and 50% Equity mutual funds.

I believe her college education will be well funded when the time comes, in 15 years.

Net net, I'm buying the couch.;)


Looks like you got your bases covered!

Think of the couch as a long-term investment in a harmonious relationship.  ;)   And it'll give the little rugrat something to bounce on for awhile! :D
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« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2003, 12:02:12 PM »
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Looks like you got your bases covered!

Think of the couch as a long-term investment in a harmonious relationship.  ;)   And it'll give the little rugrat something to bounce on for awhile! :D



Hehe...who do you think destroyed the last couch.

Elmo Juice stains like a Mofo!:D
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« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2003, 12:18:14 PM »
blech, i was eating when i read that....thx muck.
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« Reply #13 on: May 23, 2003, 01:05:47 PM »
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blech, i was eating when i read that....thx muck.


I don't get it. Whats so bad about Elmo juice?

It's Sesame Street Fruit punch, with Elmo on the label.
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« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2003, 01:07:26 PM »
Ya, know, I have often wondered why a government program needed more funding then the cost of inflation.  Surely the program was well researched prior to funding and only inflation would affect any additional cost.  Why additional funding is needed beyond the cost of inflation is beyond any reasonalbe look at these programs.  If a program needs additional funding outside of inflation then that program should be shut down and a new bill should come to the House floor to be voted upon so the current members of the House and Senate can be held liable for this program.  This would insure that the programs are better researched prior to its passing the House.  This would also force the House and Senate to do the oversite they are charged with.  Perhaps we would see some of these "pork programs " come to a screaching halt!
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