Verbatim from IRS website(FAQ)-re Economic Stimulus

[TheConfessor]

Are you looking at the expression of opinions as 'political campaign activities'?

Sure, if it involves advocacy for a particular candidate or party.

[peacock2121]

Are you looking at the expression of opinions as 'political campaign activities'?

Sure, if it involves advocacy for a particular candidate or party.

I can get that.

I actually kind of like it.

Not that I am prejudiced or anything.

[Appa23]

Now that I am on my personal time:

I must give some props to Confessor and Pea for their instincts in a very confusing area of the Hatch Act.

Here is the general idea in this area of the Hatch Act. Federal employees (like Earendel, AJ, and others) do not surrender their Constitutional rights at the doorstep of their work. The Hatch Act does not prohibit all political discourse by a federal employee. In fact, it explictly protects the right to express opinions on political subjects and candidates publicly and privately. In short, the Hatch Act does not prohibut "water cooler" type discussions and exchanges of opinion concerning the vents of the day. This water cooler talk may actually be face-to-face or via electronic methids, under an ever-increasing word of technology. In general, the Hatch Act concerns itself with "leafleting" and "electioneering" in the workplace or through use of governmetn resoruces (including time).

Admittedly, it is an area where there might be a fine line based on the facts, and matters are resolved on a case-by-case basis.

This also is an area that is taken seriously, with a minimum 30 day suspension for violations, up to termination.

[ommax3]

Sorry Appa...must do it....

Here is the general idea in this area of the Hatch Act. Federal employees (like Earendel, AJ, and others) do not surrender their Constitutional rights at the doorstep of their work. The Hatch Act does not prohibit all political discourse by a federal employee. In fact, it explictly(SPELLING ERROR) protects the right to express opinions on political subjects and candidates publicly and privately. In short, the Hatch Act does not prohuibt(NOT A WORD)"water cooler" type discussions and exchanges of opinion concerning the vents of the day. This water cooler talk may actually be face-to-face or via electronic methids(AGAIN, NOT A WORD), under an ever-increasing word(DID YOU MEAN WORLD) of technology. In general, the Hatch Act concerns itself with "leafleting" and "electioneering" in the workplace or through use of governmetn(huh? YOU WERE WHAT RANK IN YOUR LAW SCHOOL CLASS AND EDITOR OF THE LAW REVIEW AND YOU STILL CAN'T PROOFREAD WORTH JACK) resoruces (including time).




love you...
your wife, the kindergarten teacher

[Appa23]

Geez, you type fast so that you can catch a bus, trying to get home to your loving family, and . . .

Yes, I stink at typing.

Btw, my wife was one of my PAFs, and she is smarter than I am. (Clearly! )

[TheConfessor]

Sorry Appa...must do it....

Sorry ommax3... must do it....

On 4/1/2008, you misspelled "appalled."

Good for you sitting with your child in the lunch room. I am appaled that any school adminstrator or teacher would humilate a child in public!

Welcome to this board. I hadn't noticed you here before today. Keep giving Appa a hard time, but only when he deserves it!

[tlynn78]

Keep giving Appa a hard time, but only when he deserves it!

She has a full-time job, ya know. Sometimes the rest of us must step up.

t.

[hf_jai]

Getting back to the original topic....

You folks reminded me I've been meaning to look for a rebate calculator. Dammit. I found the one at irs.gov and found out we will probably only get about $400. I knew it wouldn't be much. We took out a big chunk of hubby's 401k last year to pay off some debt and it pushed us up to an artificially high AGI. No way to see that coming I'm afraid.

What I should have seen coming was that we also lost our child credit, and this was the last year we could have taken it. Oh well.

Considering how the stock market has tanked since we sold, maybe we did the right thing after all.

[Beebs52]

Sorry Appa...must do it....

Sorry ommax3... must do it....

On 4/1/2008, you misspelled "appalled."

Good for you sitting with your child in the lunch room. I am appaled that any school adminstrator or teacher would humilate a child in public!

Welcome to this board. I hadn't noticed you here before today. Keep giving Appa a hard time, but only when he deserves it!

Ooh. Ooh. Administrator was wrong, too.

Ommax, I'm just pleased to be able to type a complete sentence, so pay me no attention.

Keep coming back!

[MarleysGh0st]

Sorry Appa...must do it....

Here is the general idea in this area of the Hatch Act. Federal employees (like Earendel, AJ, and others) do not surrender their Constitutional rights at the doorstep of their work. The Hatch Act does not prohibit all political discourse by a federal employee. In fact, it explictly(SPELLING ERROR) protects the right to express opinions on political subjects and candidates publicly and privately. In short, the Hatch Act does not prohuibt(NOT A WORD)"water cooler" type discussions and exchanges of opinion concerning the vents of the day. This water cooler talk may actually be face-to-face or via electronic methids(AGAIN, NOT A WORD), under an ever-increasing word(DID YOU MEAN WORLD) of technology. In general, the Hatch Act concerns itself with "leafleting" and "electioneering" in the workplace or through use of governmetn(huh? YOU WERE WHAT RANK IN YOUR LAW SCHOOL CLASS AND EDITOR OF THE LAW REVIEW AND YOU STILL CAN'T PROOFREAD WORTH JACK) resoruces (including time).




love you...
your wife, the kindergarten teacher

LOL!

Who knew that Appa was married to the Spelling Police!?

BTW, I'm glad that the Hatch act allows "discussions and exchanges of opinion concerning the vents of the day."

We usually have some pretty good vents around here!

[littlebeast13]

Sorry Appa...must do it....

Here is the general idea in this area of the Hatch Act. Federal employees (like Earendel, AJ, and others) do not surrender their Constitutional rights at the doorstep of their work. The Hatch Act does not prohibit all political discourse by a federal employee. In fact, it explictly(SPELLING ERROR) protects the right to express opinions on political subjects and candidates publicly and privately. In short, the Hatch Act does not prohuibt(NOT A WORD)"water cooler" type discussions and exchanges of opinion concerning the vents of the day. This water cooler talk may actually be face-to-face or via electronic methids(AGAIN, NOT A WORD), under an ever-increasing word(DID YOU MEAN WORLD) of technology. In general, the Hatch Act concerns itself with "leafleting" and "electioneering" in the workplace or through use of governmetn(huh? YOU WERE WHAT RANK IN YOUR LAW SCHOOL CLASS AND EDITOR OF THE LAW REVIEW AND YOU STILL CAN'T PROOFREAD WORTH JACK) resoruces (including time).




love you...
your wife, the kindergarten teacher

LOL!

Who knew that Appa was married to the Spelling Police!?

I'm even slower on the uptake. I don't have ommax in my rankings logs because I thought it was one of HD's MM's.

At least I can finally add someone with an adjustment higher than zero since I know HoltMom posted on the old Boreds....

lb13

[peacock2121]

Sorry Appa...must do it....

Here is the general idea in this area of the Hatch Act. Federal employees (like Earendel, AJ, and others) do not surrender their Constitutional rights at the doorstep of their work. The Hatch Act does not prohibit all political discourse by a federal employee. In fact, it explictly(SPELLING ERROR) protects the right to express opinions on political subjects and candidates publicly and privately. In short, the Hatch Act does not prohuibt(NOT A WORD)"water cooler" type discussions and exchanges of opinion concerning the vents of the day. This water cooler talk may actually be face-to-face or via electronic methids(AGAIN, NOT A WORD), under an ever-increasing word(DID YOU MEAN WORLD) of technology. In general, the Hatch Act concerns itself with "leafleting" and "electioneering" in the workplace or through use of governmetn(huh? YOU WERE WHAT RANK IN YOUR LAW SCHOOL CLASS AND EDITOR OF THE LAW REVIEW AND YOU STILL CAN'T PROOFREAD WORTH JACK) resoruces (including time).




love you...
your wife, the kindergarten teacher

LOL!

Who knew that Appa was married to the Spelling Police!?

I'm even slower on the uptake. I don't have ommax in my rankings logs because I thought it was one of HD's MM's.

lb13

You mean like BernieMac?

[Jeemie]

...since the stimulus checks are made of invented money, and since in this environment the money will almost certainly NOT lead to real increased economic activity, then receiving these checks will lead to inflation.

Therefore, this is one of those nice cases where you will receive a check and yet your real wealth will DECREASE.

Happy days, everyone!

[hf_jai]

...since the stimulus checks are made of invented money, and since in this environment the money will almost certainly NOT lead to real increased economic activity, then receiving these checks will lead to inflation.

Therefore, this is one of those nice cases where you will receive a check and yet your real wealth will DECREASE.

Happy days, everyone!

Not sure where you got your numbers, but she picked up two yesterday.

[hf_jai]

WTF? That's not what I typed there.

Boy, am I confused.

[hf_jai]

Starting over...

I wrote that what Jeemie posted was true, but that not getting a check at all, or getting a very small one, means a greater decrease in real wealth than everybody else.

I forget the rest of what I wrote, but it was no doubt incredibly profound.

[Jeemie]

Starting over...

I wrote that what Jeemie posted was true, but that not getting a check at all, or getting a very small one, means a greater decrease in real wealth than everybody else.

I forget the rest of what I wrote, but it was no doubt incredibly profound.

Yeah- but if you didn't get a check, that means you're already rich, and can afford a hit to your real wealth...right?

[peacock2121]

Starting over...

I wrote that what Jeemie posted was true, but that not getting a check at all, or getting a very small one, means a greater decrease in real wealth than everybody else.

I forget the rest of what I wrote, but it was no doubt incredibly profound.

Yeah- but if you didn't get a check, that means you're already rich, and can afford a hit to your real wealth...right?

right