# Tax Refunds are Coming... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 28, 2001, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486 "2001-06-28T17:02:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/21 "2001-07-02T17:50:42Z")
Paying off our “final” debt. Hallelujah! After that, we’ll have only the 2 cars and the house. I’m content with that (although we’ll then try paying down the one car early). Cash is cash. ---
**Author:** ![Mielikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Mielikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mielikki)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/22 "2001-07-03T00:24:25Z")
Hubby’s been a casualty of the whole dot-com fiasco, and unemployment’s run out, so we’ll use it for something boring like, oh, I dunno, eating. Otherwise, the theory seems to be to donate it to some charity Bush would try to squash- NARAL, Greenpeace, what-have-you. I know someone who plans to blow the whole thing on pot. Good on 'em, I say. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/23 "2001-07-03T01:38:12Z")
What with the ten million I just won in the lotto, I can take my refund and just blow it all on hats! [sub]name that movie[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Mielikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Mielikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mielikki)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/24 "2001-07-03T02:19:05Z")
Hot Shots- what do I win? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/25 "2001-07-06T04:17:22Z")
Regretably, **Mielikki** , I’ve waited too long to check back on this and your prize has been sent back to the warehouse. Sorry 'bout that. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/26 "2001-07-06T06:04:41Z")
Why does everyone think that they’re going to get 300 or 600? I was under the impression that those were the MAX that were going to be sent out (more that you make, more that you get). I bet that I’m going to get all of 30 bucks. Well… I guess I’ll get the new John Irving novel. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/27 "2001-07-06T06:15:58Z")
I owe the IRS around $6000 already so I doubt I’ll be getting a check, I’m sure they will just deduct it from my tab. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/28 "2001-07-06T06:19:56Z")
Everyone who paid at least $300 in taxes gets $300 back if single, if filing jointly or head of household, the amounts become $600 back if at least that much was paid. But it isn’t a tax cut, no matter what they choose to call it; it’s a one-time lump sum payment; a tax rebate, not a cut. There is a real tax cut going into effect, though. It will net the average family, wait for it . . . . . . . $4-6 per month. ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/29 "2001-07-06T08:11:45Z")
Three hundred bucks? Lessee, between the gouging ticket prices and the uber-gouging popcorn and drink prices, I could take a couple of friends to a movie… (But one of them would have to spring for the gas…) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/30 "2001-07-06T13:58:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Number Six \* > \*\*Everyone who paid at least $300 in taxes gets $300 back if single, if filing jointly or head of household, the amounts become $600 back if at least that much was paid. \*\* To clarify: The 2001 rebate amount is a maximum of $300 for a single taxpayer, $500 for a head of household and $600 for a married couple filing a joint return. ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/31 "2001-07-06T21:10:26Z")
[slight hijack]Can someone tell me if I’ll even be getting a rebate? I worked last year (college student who is a dependent) and paid out total of about $170 in taxes. My job only takes out 8% of my paycheck for tax. I work for a University and don’t pay FICA or medicaid taxes. I’ve had friends tell me that I will be getting one and other friends telling me I won’t. Whats the deal?[/slight hijack] ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/32 "2001-07-06T22:31:15Z")
> [@](#): > > ^!? hijacked the 2000 elections and got himself appointed into the White House Um - he won according to the Constitution and according to Algores own rules to recount the votes and got a higher % of the vote then impeached ex-president Clinton did in either election. I for one might buy a muffler (if you don’t get it just ignore it). It will probably go to central air or a new roof. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/33 "2001-07-06T23:48:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by k2dave \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > ^!? hijacked the 2000 elections and got himself appointed into the White House > > Um - he won according to the Constitution and according to Algores own rules to recount the votes and got a higher % of the vote then impeached ex-president Clinton did in either election.\*\* You keep repeating that – I’m sure Rush Limbaugh likes to sleep by the sound of mindless Conservative sheep repeating the same lies over and over again. Or you could read something like _The Betrayal of America : How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President,_ which dissects the Florida recount fiasco and the Supreme Court hijacking in documented detail (cites all over the place!), but I suspect it’d disturb your comfortable little myths too much… ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/34 "2001-07-07T00:43:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Or you could read something like The Betrayal of America : How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President, which Had the ‘Cliff’s notes’ review of BoA and IIRC (and correct me if I’m wrong) it doesn’t go into the blatant disregard of the law by the Florida Supreme court that permitted the recount to continue past the deadline (which was clearly stated in the law). ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/35 "2001-07-07T02:24:00Z")
Nature apparently abhors a household budgetary surplus even more than she abhors a vacuum. I have no doubt that some unexpected expense will rear its ugly head before the check arrives, and that’s what it will pay for. We got around $1000 back from the gov’t this year from our tax return, and wouldn’t you know it, Cranky Jr needed $900 of dental work the week before it arrived. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486/36 "2001-07-08T06:58:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by k2dave \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Or you could read something like The Betrayal of America : How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President, which > > Had the ‘Cliff’s notes’ review of BoA and IIRC (and correct me if I’m wrong) it doesn’t go into the blatant disregard of the law by the Florida Supreme court that permitted the recount to continue past the deadline (which was clearly stated in the law).\*\* Dunno about the ‘Cliff Notes’ version, but the book covers the Florida rulings in great detail, with citations and case law for why the Florida Supreme Court rulings _were_ proper and nonpartisan. In fact, one of the nice things about the book itself is precisely because it gives all of the background information and supporting details for such a large and tangled scandal, instead of trying to summarize everything in (often inaccurate) 5-second sound bites. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refunds-are-coming/70486.md?page=1)