$42 million mail?

Did you receive your government stimulus notification in the mail? I hope you did. If you had not, I hope you will.

It cost us $41.8 million dollars.

The IRS mailed .32 notifications to an estimated 130 million households that filed 2006 tax returns. Why? To let you know you may, or not, receive a tax rebate for the $168 billion stimulus package.

This price doesn’t include mailings sent to households whom didn’t file a tax form, but may get a check anyway. Thanks government. It pays to be thorough.

By the way people, don’t buy big screen televisions or any other shit with the rebate check. The purpose of the money is to keep America from falling into a recession. This can’t happen if you buy a television made in China ! Buy American. Get a Whirlpool, or buy an Oreck Vacuum! Not that I really care. There’s no point in buying American if the damned stuff breaks after a month.

However, I digress.

There’s a better alternative to spending. You can save or invest the $300-$1200.