I may be wrong here and if I am I'm sure I will be corrected.

Regarding the rebates we are suppose to be getting in May I understand I am eligible because I make more than $3,000 a year in social security.

I have not filed an income tax form for over 6 years as my income (and age)--strictly social security--does not require me to.

If I understand the rules correctly in order to get the rebate I have to file an income tax form this year. Since the government can look at social security records I would assume that they can find out on the computer all the senior citizens who make more than $3,000 a year just from social security records and send out the rebate.

I won't get into if people like me should even get a rebate.

If I have it right they will now have to pay government employees to open thousands of envelopes, check and record thousands of tax returns plus file them all.

Isn't this a waste of money?? I find it hard to believe that the government would waste our/your money--pardon me while I try to catch my breath from laughing so hard!!

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It doesn't surprise at anything the government does..

Keep in mind we're talking about the government... they're here to help us, right? I always thought of a "rebate" as something one gets after buying some large ticket item; I guess what we've bought here is gift-wrapped political BS.