Priceless

In a little over a month the U. S. Government will send each of it's adult citizens $600. It was advertised by the President as a "Stimulus Package" for our floundering economy. The idea was to give back to the people so that they could have a little spending money to toss back into the economy.

Thank you Sir! I've never been given $600 that I couldn't use or didn't appreciate. I mean this seriously.

The head scratcher is that after announcing it in a press conference, and it being talked about on every radio and television station in the land, the IRS sent out a letter. To paraphrase the letter simply said, don't forget folks we're sending you $600 on May 1st.

I ask you dear reader. When was the last time you received a big unsolicited big check and didn't deposit it? Even if it was only to collect the interest until they came looking for it. Like we were going to get the money and say, "excuse me Sir, but I think you made a mistake". Or maybe you'd say to your spouse, "honey weren't we supposed to pay this year?" Instead these fuckers sent us a letter. Thanks assholes.

Now if you haven't heard about this next part already you're probably wondering why I'm bitching. Here's the scoop. What did the letter cost?

Cost of the Iraq War per U.S. Household as reported by the Congressional Budget Office --- $4,681

Cost per person ---$1,721

Cost per day---$341.4 Million

Cost in Tax Payer dollars to inform you of the $600 gift ---$42,000,000 (Forty Two Million Dollars)

Uhhmmmm....Seriously?!?!?!?!?

Wonder what that money could have gone towards?