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  • Sparko
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    Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
    So, the guy who does our alarm system for our Church was in today on a low battery issue -- he asked us to let him know if we had anybody looking for a job, because virtually all of his assistants are suddenly getting more money to stay home than to come to work.
    Putting in burglar alarms was one of my first jobs as a teenager. Good job too. Sure beat working at KFC.

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  • Sparko
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    Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
    I knew a guy who wall papered a small room in his old Victorian era home in old confederate money that his family had saved because it was worthless. Then about a decade later folks started collecting it.
    Just how old are you? and does mossy know?

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  • Cow Poke
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    So, the guy who does our alarm system for our Church was in today on a low battery issue -- he asked us to let him know if we had anybody looking for a job, because virtually all of his assistants are suddenly getting more money to stay home than to come to work.

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  • rogue06
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    Originally posted by Sparko View Post

    Then they just keep printing more and more, until a loaf of bread costs $100 because nobody is working at the bakery any more.
    I knew a guy who wall papered a small room in his old Victorian era home in old confederate money that his family had saved because it was worthless. Then about a decade later folks started collecting it.

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  • Sparko
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    Then they just keep printing more and more, until a loaf of bread costs $100 because nobody is working at the bakery any more.

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  • rogue06
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    Originally posted by Sparko View Post

    Where do they think the money to do this will come from? Especially when millions of people would just stop working if they had $2000 non taxable income a month. per person. A couple would have $4,000 plus whatever they get for their children.

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  • QuantaFille
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    Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

    I recently received a letter informing me about an "upcoming" stimulus payment that I had received months ago.
    I did, too.

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  • Sparko
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    Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

    It's all been a push to normalize a universal basic income.
    Where do they think the money to do this will come from? Especially when millions of people would just stop working if they had $2000 non taxable income a month. per person. A couple would have $4,000 plus whatever they get for their children.

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  • Mountain Man
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    Originally posted by Sparko View Post
    Ilhan, AOC and Crew want to send out $2000 monthly checks to everyone now.

    They are determined to wreck the economy and make everyone dependent on the government.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...al/ar-BB1ddUIp
    It's all been a push to normalize a universal basic income.

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  • Sparko
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    Ilhan, AOC and Crew want to send out $2000 monthly checks to everyone now.

    They are determined to wreck the economy and make everyone dependent on the government.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...al/ar-BB1ddUIp

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  • Mountain Man
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    Originally posted by NorrinRadd View Post
    My best friend last week got a notification that she would be sent $600, and then today $1400 showed up in her account. This whole thing is crazy. From what she can make out, she got $600 when she should have gotten $1200 last year, never got the $600 one a few months ago, and now got $1400 when they told her she qualified for $600.
    I recently received a letter informing me about an "upcoming" stimulus payment that I had received months ago.

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  • rogue06
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    Originally posted by Sparko View Post

    I want to use Biden's bribe against him by buying a AR-15 and some ammo. But durn it! Everything is out of stock! Biden is a better gun salesman than Obama ever was!

    If anyone knows where I can get a left-handed AR-15 let me know.

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  • Sparko
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    Originally posted by Ronson View Post

    Although I am going to keep my stimulus, it never should have been sent. This is going to be hyperinflation for our kids and grandkids.

    I guess it was Seinfeld who said "People don't turn down money. It's what separates us from the animals."
    I want to use Biden's bribe against him by buying a AR-15 and some ammo. But durn it! Everything is out of stock! Biden is a better gun salesman than Obama ever was!

    If anyone knows where I can get a left-handed AR-15 let me know.

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  • NorrinRadd
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    My best friend last week got a notification that she would be sent $600, and then today $1400 showed up in her account. This whole thing is crazy. From what she can make out, she got $600 when she should have gotten $1200 last year, never got the $600 one a few months ago, and now got $1400 when they told her she qualified for $600.

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  • Mountain Man
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    Originally posted by Ronson View Post

    Although I am going to keep my stimulus, it never should have been sent. This is going to be hyperinflation for our kids and grandkids.

    I guess it was Seinfeld who said "People don't turn down money. It's what separates us from the animals."
    My mom is a little worried that the government is suddenly going to treat the stimulus money like a loan and demand it back at the end of the year.

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