President Bush today announced that the long awaited “rebate” checks from the IRS will be going out ahead of schedule. “Starting Monday, the effects of the stimulus will begin to reach millions of households across our country,” Bush said Friday in remarks on the South Lawn of the White House.
Tony Hayward, Group Chief Executive of BP, could not be happier. “Many people have been cutting back on their driving. We expect that this extra money will allow people to start driving to work again instead of walking and riding bicycles. This, of course, is great news for me personally. Bush could have really made things much simpler by just sending everyones “rebate” to us directly, but I guess the illusion of having extra money to spend appeals to the voters. Fortunately, we had a very good year last year so the delay until the money actually funnels to us will not cause us a financial hardship.”
