Fiscal Responsibility? March 9, 2007
Posted by changenickel in Observations.trackback
I feel damn good toady! I did my income taxes last week and Uncle Sam has been kind to a brother this year. Or should I say, that dead beat Uncle was taking too much damn money out of my check all year! At any rate, I got a nice phat return coming and just received it this morning. Basically, I got it back in 5 business days. That has to be a new record! I pledged right away to pay off a couple of credit card bills and another annoying bill that has been lingering like moldy cheese. It felt so good to pay two credit card bills off with a click of the button!
I planned to pay off some bills with my return last year but I think I had my eye on a laptop or some other shinny gadget. You know how much I love my toys. Fiscal discipline has been a challenge ever since I was in the service. Being in the Marine Corps was great. I got paid twice a month, didn’t have to pay rent, buy groceries, pay gas or electric bills. It was mad money! And if I blew my entire check in one weekend, big deal. I had a place to live, food to eat and my commute was within walking distance! Those footloose days ended some 16+ years ago and I think I’ve been holding on to a residual part of that life ever since. I’m still cruising into payday on fumes! I’m curious, what other people out there are using their income tax return money for? Assuming you are getting money back!
what income tax return?????
It’s getting snatched for student loans.
Student Loans (they suck!!!!! and I consolidated?) and a place to own!!!! I started realizing that I make OK money and not a place to call home.
I’m stil paying on my student loans too. I’m not really worried about them because they have a pretty low interest rate. I really wanted to get rid of some of my credit card debt. I still have one card with about $4000 on it. Now I can start making double payments again on that. I don’t want to end up like this guy!