Am I overreacting?

[ellen_datlow]

I just received a notice today from the IRS notifying me that I will shortly receive “a notice and additional information shortly before the payment is made” about the economic stimulus payment we’re all going to receive. So how much did this mass mailing cost us?

Ellen
(outraged by the seemingly waste of MY money and YOUR money on postage, not to mention paper--even "recycled," which it proudly proclaims it uses)

Comments

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Jeez. Thanks for your clarification. This makes the whole thing even more egregious. There was an Op Ed in the NY Times yesterday that suggested it be rescinded and that the money instead go to homeowners who really need it to save their homes....as pointed out by the op ed, who is actually going to spend that money? I wouldn't. If I get anything, it'll go to pay bills so it's certainly not going to "stimulate" the economy. It's been tried before and failed before.

[k-dunlap.livejournal.com]

Exactly what my sister said [pay bills]. It's a broad stereotype, but I'll say it: The percent of the population that will blow it are not people that generally help the economy anyway, so a one-shot spending spree isn't going to do much.