Taxes and Stimulus

Decided late last night, "I wonder if I do get a refund on my income tax from last year?" So, on June 26th, at about 10pm, I filed my taxes, and yes I do get a fairly good chunk of change back, thank you very much. Which is huge, given that I definitely need money for the continued accumulation of gear for the Apocalypse er, Burning Man. With that said, I should also get a Stimulus check, so that ought to be helpful as well. I should change my exemption status for this year so I don't owe anything.

Re: the Stimulus payment: Seems a bit medieval to me that the Fed thinks it will actually help "stimulate," the economy by throwing a few hundred bucks at several million poor Americans. Just goes to show you just how broken our current administration truly is. Its like that evil dictator of a King, sensing his time is all but done, desperately hoping to salvage some of his royal subjects favor, decides to throw fresh, instead of stale bread to the great unwashed. Problem is, They've been starving for so long that its seen not as a generous gesture, but as a desperate attempt to gain favor. So they take it but it doesn't change the fact that if they had the chance, they'd run him up the gallows.