Stimulated to the tune of $900
I received my $900 of stimulus money yesterday. I am deciding between:
- a new head deck for my car because I need something that can play MP3 and that my iPhone can connect to. That will save me having to burn CDs all the time.
- a new computer that I can do a lot more video and photo editing on. My current one is coping well but really shows its age when I’m splicing together those clips for Youtube.
I only drive on the weekends so I’m leaning towards the computer since I’d spent more time using it. I’m gonna add approx. $1000 and get a Dell Studio XPS Desktop. Although it probably wouldn’t stimulate the Australian economy directly – it’s an American computer assembled in Malaysia from parts made mostly in China – anything that stimulates an economy elsewhere would surely trickle back.
At the very least, the Australian economy will still be helped this way: there’d be a dock yard worker who’d unload the computer from a container on a ship, the fork lift driver who’d then put in on a truck, and the truck driver who’d deliver it to my house. So indirectly, I’m helping save Australian jobs even if I’m not buying Australian-made. The important thing is to spend the money here in Australia and not overseas! 
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I haven’t got mine yet, but when I get it, it’s going on a service for my car. The left over money I’ll probably put in my high-interest savings account. I’m so nerdy.
Well, as long as you spend most of it!
i hate australians
….hmph….
we got told yesterday that there is going to be an additional 5% tax on alcohol, 7% tax on fags and 1 penny per litre of petrol
It is NOT stimulating at ALL!!!
Heheh actually it could be that the UK’s methods may be better off in the long run. Australia’s stimulus plan will create more debt in the future.
Still waiting for mine to come through . . no plans yet so it’ll probably end up in the bank.
I still haven’t got mine, keep checking my account!! Considering I am looking at moving o’seas in the next couple months, it will probably end up being spent o’seas which isn’t stimulating the Australian economy at all!
SK: should spend it, even if it’s just to go out and have a nice dinner etc. That’s the whole point of the money.
girlstar7: well if you buy something over there that’s made in China, that can benefit Australia indirectly too.
Take a plane to Singapore!!! *evil grin*
Btw, I spent a lot of money in Australia a few weeks ago… So we are squared. =))
Hahah but you are not there atm! I will wait till you guys come home.
I got my stimulus $$$ too. I was indifferent about it until the money land in my bank account. But, apparently they are raising income tax this year so brace for the impact.
Go buy the computer. For your car, you can always buy digidock or FM transmitter and transmit your iphone music to your car radio. The cheapest one cost about $40 in JB or you can get it on ebay for half that price.
Yup – am already leaning towards the computer.