Don't start spending the *free* money the guvermint is sending you. It looks like the "lets pretend we're doing something for the economy in a election year" folks haven't really thought about the logistics of actually doing this with the irs's outdated computer systems.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/washington/25irs.html?_r=1&ex=1358917200&en=63a96eb4a1ca01d9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=sloginEven as the negotiators crunched the numbers, the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation warned that the tax-filing season could be disrupted and hinted that it might be June before checks were issued.
I.R.S. computer and other systems “are today fully engaged in processing 2007 tax returns,” the committee said Monday in a report. “As a result, it is not practical to contemplate distributing cash rebates until the peak filing season is completed, which in past years has been the very end of May.”
