stimulus check

After the popular "stimulus checks" issued as part of efforts to jump start the economy in 2001 and 2008, many taxpayers were again looking forward to a check in 2009. This year, however, checks weren't in the cards for most Americans. Most of the taxpayer relief for American Recovery and...

Everyone wants some bailout money, and for most of us the extra $13 a week doesn't seem to cut it, even if it is worth more than last year's stimulus check. This is why you need to apply for your own bailout funds; but how can you know how much to ask for? It's a complicated process but MoneyPath...

Today's July retail sales report shows what we've been saying for some time--people seem to be spending their government stimulus checks on necessities such as food and gas, and not on shopping sprees. President Bush's economic stimulus program--which doled out up to $600 per person to over 130...