What Will You Stimulate with Your Rebate?

It looks as if Congress will approve rebates of several hundred dollars each for most all Americans -- whether they paid any income tax or not. These rebates are supposed to stimulate the economy and prevent us from having to endure a recession. Congress is assuming that everyone will run right out and spend all that money. They're probably right.

I already did my part. A couple of weeks ago I bought a luxury motorhome. Looks like I'll continue to do my part because operating that thing costs about 45 cents per mile just for fuel. That is, I'll be doing my part to stimulate the economy but not to help us become energy independent.

I would consider giving my rebate to someone who needs it more than I do, but they're getting a rebate too -- and they probably don't have a luxury motorhome to maintain and operate. Anyway, it looks like I'll have to spend my rebate on repairs needed by my luxury motorhome, because it was born as a luxury motorhome over ten years ago. The previous owner used up a lot of the luxury.

It's probably going to take all of my rebate, and my brother's too, to pay for all the needed repairs. But that's okay because he owns half of the luxury motorhome. We haven't worked out which half yet. I thought about foisting off on him the half that includes the fuel tank but then I realized that half also contains the bedroom and bathroom.

In case Congress is listening and another rebate is considered for next year, we need to have a satellite television antenna installed on the roof of our luxury motorhome.

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