how to spend that rebate check.

There's been a lot of talk amongst my fellow taxpayers about what to do with the forthcoming rebate checks. One classmate is planning a trip to Canada... and I'll probably just do the ill-advised and pay off some debt, since ultimately all we're getting is borrowed money anyways. The following suggestion came by way of my grandpa. I think I could abide by this:

How to use Your IRS Rebate check;

As you may have heard, the Bush Administration said each of us would get a rebate check to stimulate the economy.

If we spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China. If we spend it on gasoline it will go to the Arabs, if we purchase a computer it will go to India, if we purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala, if we purchase a good car it will go to Japan, if we purchase useless junk it will go to Taiwan and none of it will help the American economy.

We need to keep that money here in America. The only way to keep that money here at home is to spend it at yard sales, since those are the only businesses still in the US.

At six hundred bucks a person, I bet you could get a damn lot of stuff shopping at yard sales.