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Did you get your stimulus money?
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VAL0R
Banned
Get used to the government sending you cash. In the very near future when these guys (and the endless other variants of robots and autonomous systems) take all the jobs, you'll be getting a UBI (universal basic income) check every month. As a Christian and conservative, I believe that hard work is good for our virtue and I fear what will become of us when we have so much free time and money. But the robot revolution is impossible to stop and they will change the world as much as PCs and the internet did.
CrankyJay™
Member
Yes, married so got $2400. It'll just go towards our property taxes.
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Patrick S.
Banned
I live in Germany, so no. Well, we did have lowered VAT for six months, from 19% to 16%, and from 7% to 5% for food items. Guess I saved some money there, mostly on fuel and food. Many shops didn't pass on the lowered VAT to the consumers, of course. Whoresons.
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Bladed Thesis
Member
Free college, free healthcare, free life.
You should be happy they didn't pass the lowered VAT on to you. It allows them to stay in business and you pay more taxes for more benefits. The European dream.
Patrick S.
Banned
I think there are German states where college isn't free, but I'm not 100% sure about that. In my state it is free, yeah. The healthcare is only really free when you are unenployed; then, the government covers the costs for you. When you are employed, you pay 50% (IIRC) of your healthcare bill, which gets deducted from your salary every month. Your employer pays the other half. I think I pay like €150 every month. However, doesn't matter if YOU pay for it or the government pays for it; your wife/husband and children get free coverage from that, in what is called "family insurance". If both partners work, then both pay for insurance, though. Free life, well, we do have a lot of restrictive laws I disagree with. For example, washing my car in my garage or in front of my house? Huge fine. Camping in nature? Forbidden. Lighting a campfire in nature? Forbidden. Driving off road in a Jeep? Forbidden. There are a lot of these laws that restrict your freedom in one way or another. Sure, many of them do make sense; they are there for the purpose of protecting the environment etc., so I do understand it.
Most companies did pass on the lowered VAT, some didn't at all, their main argument was that changing the prices in their management software and on their labels was too expensive, and some companies used that money to pay out bonuses for their employees, which I do see as a noble thing.
In the end, I'm not complaining. I know I have it good here.
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
I'm getting it soon!
Fox Mulder
Member
No. Apparently there’s some fuck up with TurboTax and similar services. Money either gets punted back for a check or I’ll have to get it as a tax credit.
I’m glad I don’t rely on the fucking government to get me a tiny $600 to pay rent or buy food.
I’m glad I don’t rely on the fucking government to get me a tiny $600 to pay rent or buy food.
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notseqi
Member
Enjoy those moniez, happy you finally got something.
We don't have a stimulus thingy but they made allowances for companies to pay out up to 1500€ tax free which I promptly received.
We don't have a stimulus thingy but they made allowances for companies to pay out up to 1500€ tax free which I promptly received.
Tell her it'll be in her account.
Have you found out whats causing it?
Explosive Zombie
Banned
Still no check =/
ArtemisClydeFrog
Banned
The "some fuck up with TurboTax" was millions of payments going to the wrong accounts, according to the email from TurboTax lol
Cyberpunkd
Member
Free college, free healthcare, large income tax.
Here in France we got nothing, no delay of payment of any kind. In September I got an extra tax bill to pay - 3000 EUR plus yearly household tax and TV tax - 800 EUR in total.
The way government made it is subsidies went to companies to keep you home and guard your job - now that they ran out you will see companies massively firing people since they do not have 'free' government money anymore - yesterday Michelin announced 2600 posts being eliminated, you bet most of those people were not working since March 2020.
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Patrick S.
Banned
Here in Germany they want to put a special tax on online orders now... Like, that one thing you are forced to use because you can't go to stores.
notseqi
Member
First time I heard that... Insanity.
Patrick S.
Banned
It's not decided yet, but I think that now that they opened that can of worms, it's going to happen.
https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2020...-online-handel-steuer-einzelhandel-hilfspaket
Like, their argument ist that they want to use this to subsidize the infrastructure needed to move all those packages. And here I thought, the money DHL/UPS/DPD etc. charge for transporting them, which has nearly doubled over the last ten years, should take care of that...
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Cyberpunkd
Member
It's hilarious how (mostly) old people are fighting for the past that is never coming back - now that so many people discovered online shopping for the first time there is no way they will go back to queueing in front of a physical store, Covid or not. This is how my life looks like with 2 kids:
1. Everything I need - Amazon, got Prime so it's max 2 days delivery. I sometimes use other services but the customer care doesn't simply match half of Amazon's
2. Groceries - online, the guy will carry them up the stairs
3. Frozen food - online
4. Everything else - online
I do not understand why people are ok wasting hours of their time to go to a physical store. Even in case of clothes - just order different sizes, try them, and send most of them back (for free as well). This is what all the online stores are advertising anyway.
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Patrick S.
Banned
I live in a town 20 minutes away from the city, so no buying food and groceries online for me. If I could, I'd love to buy that stuff over the web. I hate doing grocery shopping xD
Cyberpunkd
Member
I did it for a while, and I still remember carrying two large bags of groceries back home, even if it was only 10-15 minutes from the store to my apartment. Can you try and use Amazon Pantry for your grocery shopping?
notseqi
Member
Greedy cunts should take that from the Gewerbesteuer (business tax) and redistribute it. Not gonna complain about taxing in general but another one? Nope.
Patrick S.
Banned
Exactly. Gewerbesteuer in my mind is meant for this this stuff.
Lemonade by Beyonce
Banned
Not yet. I’m gonna buy filet mignon and cocaine.
Mihos
Gold Member
M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
Well if it happened there, there is a big chance it also happened here. Because you know, we are in some form of 4th Reich...
mango drank
Member
Just noticed I got it. Right before I'd sent off my quarterly estimated tax payment.
And there was no rejoicing.
And there was no rejoicing.
macfoshizzle
Member
You think we are a joke huh? Especially after what happened yesterday.. Don't blame you if you do.
008
Banned
You god damn right. Give those Biden bucks baby!!!Aren't we supposed to be getting another round soon?
Make it rain, Biden daddy!!
HoodWinked
Member
Says mine was mailed yesterday
Thickandblack
Banned
No, but I work a real job so I am not eligible. I did however pay so everyone else can get a PS5 and soon another 1400 lol.
Still shocked that 99% of you guys make under 75k or 150k for families.
Still shocked that 99% of you guys make under 75k or 150k for families.
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Patrick S.
Banned
Here in Germany, you need to be a doctor, lawyer, second level education teacher, or manager to earn that much. In my IT job, in my first year, I made €2200/month, or €1800 after taxes and bills. All the guys that finished their education with me and stayed with the companies where they had their training started with between that and €2500 before taxes, maximum. It's a joke. Yeah, I could move to Frankfurt which is an hour away and probably make double the money, but I'd have to live in a rented flat again and deal with Frankfurt traffic, fuck that. I'm also not commuting an hour to Frankfurt. Did that for a year in another job and the work/life balance just didn't work out at all.
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TheContact
Member
Mine was mailed physically on the 6th. Still waiting for it to arrive. They didn’t direct deposit because I owed for 2019 and didn’t have a bank account on file.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
My check for $600 just showed up in the mail. Consequently the video card I bought should show up later today as well...
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Punkster88
Banned
It arrived yesterday in the freaking mail but my family who have direct deposit haven't received it yet.
ThatStupidLion
Member
Got ours for a family of four...lets just say i woulda rather not received it. Was not expecting it to be so low
GardenOfAbbylon
Member
Yep. Immediately Venmo'd it to pay rent.
HoodWinked
Member
I finally got mine, even though IRS said it was mailed Jan 8. And it was given as debit card even though I got a paper check last time.
So just letting people know. If you get this in the mail Don't throw this away.
So just letting people know. If you get this in the mail Don't throw this away.
ArtemisClydeFrog
Banned
Trump Check came yesterday. Purchased an overpriced prebuilt pc in anticipation of the Biden Bucks. Lemme find out that shit ain't coming.
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