The Checks Have Started Arriving! There Are Better Things To Spend On Than Botox Or Gambling!

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So I’ve been told people with Social Security numbers ending in 00-20 have already received their stimulus package. Those ending in 21-75 will be getting them May 9, and 76-99 will receive them on May 16. I fall in the group that should see them today! From the sounds of these folks in Minnesota, the checks will be doing exactly what the gov’t was planning them to do, be spent. Granted, some on things that would be better off saved, but then again, not everyone reads personal finance blogs, eh? :) [Click here to read more →]

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