this seems really odd

[keyboard warrior]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_food_stamp_checks.html[^] too bad i do not live in washington. could buy half a loaf of bread with that ! :) just seems to me like they could have done something slightly more constructive.

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[Rob Graham]

And the cost of postage, printing, address ing sorting made that $1 cost about $5 to the taxpayer. The incredible lack of intelligent though astounds.

[Mycroft Holmes]

Hah - I got a paper statemant from my bank in Oz for 1c last week - and I live in Singapore. Absolute stupidity is not confined to any single country or organisation!

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[Rob Graham]

Mycroft Holmes wrote:

bsolute stupidity is not confined to any single country or organisation!

Sad, but rue.

[Dan Neely]

Really sloppy. With a little more planning they could've increased the previous check amount by $1 and saved a ton of overhead. Getting an extra $243m of federal funds will more than cover the cost to the program of sending the idiot checks; as usual we're left holding the bag. :doh:

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[Oakman]

dan neely wrote:

With a little more planning

Planning? Bureaucrats?

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[Yusuf]

Most, if not all, bank statements are automated. I had dormant bank account that has 0.68 balance. I'd been receiving monthly statements for months, until I got fed up and closed it. It would have been cheaper for them to give me 10 times my balance and close the account.

Yusuf

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The Post Office needs stimulus too as does the printing industry.

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[Mycroft Holmes]

Yusuf wrote:

bank statements are automated

Sure but how hard would it be to put a minimum limit on statement production. Probably something to do with transparency!

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH