How I Spent My Stimulus

Category: Education

• Damn you school

  

  "Paying for my summer class (which should be covered by the gov't anyways, as I sure as sh*t can't afford it), then the rest is going to (fix) my car. Pic related, it's my old school picture."

  Andy, 21
  Elgin, IL

  11th May 2008 in Education, Vehicle & Gas | Discuss (5) |

• My stimulus check must have bounced

  

  "I couldn't buy anything. The government decided that a 21 year-old working college student, who will graduate with over $20,000 in "subsidized" debt raking in an interest rate of nearly 5% over the fed rate, doesn't deserve any money because I "can" be claimed as a dependent. Thank you, United States, for continuing to screw up the futures of thousands of young people."

  Steve, 21, Student/Interactive Entertainment
  Los Angeles, California

  9th May 2008 in Education, Other | Discuss (6) |

• Popping bottles to pay the bills

  

  "I have like 4 jobs and have been trying to bartend so i can at least only have 2 that can make ends meet. I used my stimulus check to pay some bills and supplements my income for 2 weeks while i took the bartending class. I put that on my credit card so i hope it pays itself off soon."

  Julia Davis, 26, non-profit
  Beltsville, MD

  9th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card, Education, Entrepreneurship, Food & Drink, Utilities | Discuss (2) |

• For a BA degree that is not helping right now!

  

  "I paid down one of my student loans. I am almost done with that one, and only have one loan left. I graduated from a very expensive private college with a now, useless degree in education. THERE ARE NO TEACHING JOBS HERE!!! "

  Maura, 26
  Minneapolis, MN

  8th May 2008 in Education | Discuss (6) |