2009 Stimulus Checks due in May
Thursday, May 7, 2009 6:53On 7th April 2009 Joe Biden announced that those entitled to a 2009 stimulus check will start to receive them in May 2009.
People who are eligible for the Supplementary Security or Social Security stimulus check will get a one-time payment worth $250 starting May 2009. This announcement was recently made by the Vice President of United States, Joe Biden. The stimulus check from the Social Security will come from the $13 billion budget that was included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act or ARRA 2009, also known as the Obama stimulus.
There are currently over 50 million people who are qualified for the 2009 stimulus check. Nobody has to apply as it will be automatically sent to you in the same way that the Social Security currently pay the benefits.
Vice President Joe Biden also said that the administration of Social Security have already made the necessary preparations, several weeks prior to May 1, 2009. They are now ready and fully-prepared to distribute all the social security checks starting May 2009.
As part of the financial aid to the Americans, the stimulus package actually readjusted the withholding tax percentages of every worker. Couples who are filing their income tax jointly can get as much as $800 while singles or individual earners can have at least $400. There is little doubt that these credits will be a great help for all the working families.
Biden affirmed that the current Obama administration has 18 months to work on the stimulus and they must see to it that every action gives a positive result. He is very determined that the current administration has its ways in finding the right answers for the current dilemma faced by the country.
Joe Biden also included in his announcement that the stimulus package also allocated budget for the energy efficiency as well as energy conservation projects worth $3.2 billion.
David GUFFY says:
May 7th, 2009 at 9:57 am
I am 53 years old and unemployed . I want to know if they are grants out there any grants so I can retrain. If anybody can help contact me Sruffey.net@att.net
frank says:
May 7th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
SO this means we will be getting the Stimulus checks??? I hope so could use the money right now…lol…
Yvette says:
May 8th, 2009 at 4:53 am
Will it state on my check that it’s a Stimulus payment. I don’t trust the owner of the company I work for. The are very tight on their money.
Nancy M Delaney says:
May 8th, 2009 at 8:48 am
I supposedly receive a combination of my social security and railroad retirement pensions. Social from my earnings and RR from my husband. Why am I not receiving the stimulus check this month? How much is each and how did they determine this? Nancy M, Delaney
MaryBeth says:
May 9th, 2009 at 3:00 am
the question i have is what about the people that actually do work for a living? i’m glad that everyone who gets some sort of social security gets a check this time, but it is’t very clear about those of us that work.
Natosha says:
May 9th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
I think that this suck for people like myself that actually works and don’t receive social security benefits. I think it a good thing that people that only receive social security and do not work will receive a stimulus but does this mean that people like myself that work and do not receive social security will not receive one and if so I don’t agree.
tanya says:
May 10th, 2009 at 8:55 am
I owe a 300.00 student loan and I am on SSI and a Veteran of the Army will I still be
recieving the stimulus check or does it affect me please if anyone can help with this question email me @ tanya_carmona@yahoo.com
AG says:
May 11th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
The stimulas that the working class will receive will show up on your work paycheck, what I have noticed is an extra $20 that I receive each pay period on my pay check every little bit helps.
dave says:
May 11th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I FILED MY TAXES THIS YEAR IT STATED THAT WE QUALIFY FOR A STIMULUS CHECK(PAPERCHECK) IS THAT TRUE. WHEN DO WE RECIEVE IT IF I MOVED.GET BACK AT ME PLEASE
Johnny says:
May 12th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Will the checks be deposited into the same account we used to file our taxes? Approx what date will we recieve these payments?
Byron says:
May 12th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
So am I getting my check? Cause i heard that veterans and old people are getting it.
Angela Kuhnhein says:
May 12th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I filed my taxes in Jan 2009 before the stimulus package was even finalized. I already have zero fed with holding on my pay check due to amount of deductions I claim. Does this mean I will not get anything in stimulus money for 2009… I am single- head of household w/ two small dependents and I earn less than 26,000 annually…. Any answers you can offer me will be greatly appreciated! Thank you.
Chris says:
May 12th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
$250 check will help me recover from $37 the state of california started taking this month from my ssi..Stimulis money will be saved and not put into the economy like it was meant,but california is 15 billion in debt and someone has to pay, Got $2.00 cost of living in january and they took that and $35 more.I need a bailout now!!
ben dover says:
May 12th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
i reacive food stamps and walfare checks and now i want the stimulus check. now!
kim says:
May 13th, 2009 at 10:57 am
the stimulus check isn’t a part of your regular paycheck. like last year, it will come separately once the regular tax refunds have been mailed out and completed. the extra money in the paycheck is the money that our president gave to each state for the medicare tax. there’s a whole website designed to explain the stimulus maybe you guys should just read it.
Bend Hova says:
May 13th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
has any one received a check yet?
sheryl says:
May 13th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Those of you whining about working and NOT getting a stimulus check ,shame on you! Those getting welfare(in other words youre being taken care of by taxpayers..working peeps) you whine wheres my check? C’mon we on ssi and that have paid our debt to soceity.Were NOT working cos we dont want to(or at least not me)Try paying 475 rent,300 utilities and sending a kid to college all on 700 a mth.Now who needs this 250 dollars? Just be thankful were not in worse shape then we are.How do they send out these one time checks? They tell you everything but that.The waiting(or not knowing )is whats killing me! LOL
good luck to all!
tray says:
May 14th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
It says that how ever you receive your ssi your payment is sent the same way. So if your ssi comes in the mail so will your stimulus. If your ssi is direct deposit so will be your stimuls. You should have recieved a letter stating if your eligible to recieve the payment. Not everyone on SSI is receiving a stimulus payment. So if you havent received a letter your NOT getting a payment.
Grumpysgirl says:
May 15th, 2009 at 11:07 am
ben dover IF you are just on welfare and foodstamps you wont get it…You are not on disability …It is for folks ON SSI or SSA who receive that money due to retirement, old age, or injured and cant work and have been proven not to be able to work by a Long process the social security makes you go through BEFORE You receive SSI…Welfare people do not get that check…I would start hunting down jobs do ANYTHING to get off that welfare…its better to work if you can.
Joe says:
May 15th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Anyone receive a check yet?
Motherof 3 says:
May 15th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I have received my ssi stimulus check today 5-15-09. I live in New York. We can not cash until the 18th of May, though.
Janet says:
May 16th, 2009 at 6:58 am
I wonna know if I am gonna receive a check this year because I didn’t recieve one last year. I am on SSI. Isn’t everyone on Social Security and SSI suposed to receive a check!??
irene vargas says:
May 17th, 2009 at 12:51 am
I hope this could go on yearly !! it would be a blessing ,cause I”m a nurse & can”t qualifiy for food stamp program & raising up & teenage girls ,it”s expensive!!! thanx”s & i hope the ones that work will recieve a miracle stimulus check too!!!!!
Rufus jackson says:
May 17th, 2009 at 7:46 am
I got fired last year for smoking crack in the bathroom at work and its hard to support my 11 kids cuz my babys mamas dont gots jobs either and they wants child support but my food stamps and welfare check aint enuff whens my stimulus check coming
Kayla says:
May 17th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
I didnt get a stimulus check last year beacuse i never filled my taxes beacuse i was exempt due to the fact that i was in college when i filled taxes this year (my first time every filling them) at the end it told me i would be getting a 600 dollar check does anyone know what this means?
mr. allen says:
May 18th, 2009 at 8:10 am
if you people would go out and look for work like you look for a stimulas check you might have some money .thats what,s wrong with america everybody wants a hand out.i have never taken any welfare or any other hand out. put the crack pipe down and you might just find a job . you dead beats kill me.
smallwood31 says:
May 18th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
My father recieved a stimulus payment last week for $250, he is on SSI. He has barely worked an honest day in his life. My husband who has already worked 4 times as much as him, has not seen any changes in his paycheck and he is an honest hard working man who is trying to provide for his family, we have 2 girls and live pay to pay. Mean while my father is out somewhere wasting his check on bars and useless women. My mother had 4 children and recieved welfare for all 4 of us for as long as she could. By the time the last one was raised, she was on disability and still did not have to work for a check. She has depended on the gov’t for my entire life. Yes she has worked here and there in her life, alittle more than my father, but neither of them have put enough in the SSI to fairly recieve any extra back. She recieved a check last year and this year. Not everyone on SSI worked for it.
cindy says:
May 20th, 2009 at 10:57 am
same question as “frank”, so are going to get a check??
anyone plz?!?!?!?!?!
Doc says:
May 20th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Both My wife and I receive SS checks. I have received the stimulus check but my wife has not received her check. When is the latest anyone will still get the check and if a person does not get the check who do they notify?
Jordan says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:26 pm
I haven’t received anything. It’s May 22nd and i haven’t even gotten a notice stating that I’m getting a stimulus payment. Someone is pulling my leg and it’s surely not funny…………………
jodie says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 5:56 pm
ok. striaght and to the point- who is getting the stimulus checks? i know people on ssi and social security are receiving 250, but are the working class as well receiving them like last year?
squidstick says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 6:50 am
How do we know the percentage that is in each paycheck? I don’t know what my fed w/holding was before the stimulus and I don’t trust the person in payroll
sandy says:
May 24th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
I am confused, My parents received their checks and they are retired, I am a working person and my husband is disabled getting ready to see a lawyer for SSI. We are broke and it would be nice to see this for all Americans that filed their taxes this year. What is the website to get all information?
carl says:
May 25th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Me and my wife both work fulltime, I am wondering if i am going to get a check in the mail heard its going to be around 800 plz let me know. if u know. thnk u carl
nelly says:
May 26th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
is there a stimulus check for this year 2009?
woody says:
May 26th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
I am a retired and slightly disabled veteran of the Navy. I am to receive a stimulus check but I don’t sweat it out. Sure $250 will do some good but the average American will see that little amount of money in his/her pocket and will waste it as usual. Most of the comments I read here are from people looking for a handout. That is one of the problems that has caused this mess in the first place. Too many looking for a handout (freeby) and not enough willing to work for what they want. I did 20 years in the Navy and now work full time at the same time as being partially disabled. The time for excuses has passed. America, get off your fat lazy rear ends and go out and earn what you want. I agree we have needy people in this country but some of the reasons for collecting SSI are ridiculus. ADD, Stress, post partem depression and other words and terms that spell one thing. LAZY
amy says:
May 30th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
I am still curious how the “stimulus” to my paycheck is going to umm what was it oh yeah “be a great help to working families”. At this point the increase in gas prices has far exceeded the “stimulation” to my paycheck.
isabel says:
May 31st, 2009 at 4:18 pm
WHEN SHOULD WE BE RESIVING ARE STIMULUS CHECKS
Paula says:
May 31st, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Will everyone be receiving a 2009 stimulus check?
Jim says:
June 1st, 2009 at 3:23 am
From what I have read, if you are employed, your “stimulus” is an extra $20 in your weekly check. By my calculations, if I can bank that $20 and receive 21% interest (that’s 21 not 2.1) my kids and their kids might be able to buy a gallon of gas or bread after the new tax rates of 2024 are announced. Thanks Obama. Lets mortgage the future of the country to help all of the irresponsible “elite”. I guess we all have to do our part and that part is to bend over and take it. I thought the democrats idea of patriotism was to steal from the rich and give to the poor ie. socialism or robinhood. Obama fooled us all (actually not me–I didnt vote for him)he’s decided to steal from the poor and future poor to “bailout” big business. Bravo, we didnt see that one coming!!
Matt says:
June 1st, 2009 at 11:53 pm
I really wish they had done it like last year and gave everyone a one lump sum!!! I would have done way better things with the stimulus money that way. Now i just blow it on munchies and beer! Otherwise I would have payed off some debt or maybe bought something expensive to help out the economy, now I just blow it on little stuff.
tari says:
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:09 am
well,today is june 2nd,2009.Got a letter from soc-sec stating i should get my check by the end of may.what they do ? feel sorry for my loser ex-husband brad? and sent it to him?
Taryn says:
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:04 am
For those of you who are a part of the working class and not on Social Security here is an explanation of our 2009 stimulus (Don’t be waiting for a check in the mail)
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The second part of the 2009 stimulus check is a tax rebate that amounts to $400 if you are single or $800 if you are married over the course of 2009. Starting in April 2009 the government is lowering the taxes withheld from your paychecks to the amount of about about $20/week so that over the course of the year it would amount to $400 (or $800). This is the only 2009 stimulus check that is available to those that are working. The 2009 stimulus check is essentially a $400 check paid over the course of the year” Sorry to burst anyones bubble. It was a disappointment to me. I work full time and go to college full time. College is so expenesive (as most of you know) and there is never any break for a white female from a middle class family (even though my family doesn’t help with one cent). Gotta love the government!
Jeremia says:
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:15 am
I have been working for more than a year and have done my taxes last year as well as this year. I’ve checked my mailbox for all of May to see that there is no check in the mail. It is now June. Does this mean there is no hope for any extra $??
Dhanaswar Uzagir says:
June 8th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Today is June 8th, 2009 and I have not received my stimulus check which I should have before June 4th, my spouse received hers about a week ago, can you tell when I would receive mine.
Dawn says:
June 9th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Today is June 9, 2009. My husband and I have recieved our regular tax money back from State (California) and Federal, but neither of us has recieved a stimulus check and we file taxes jointly. How much longer do you think it wil be?
Aubrey says:
June 9th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I’m still confused of how this is supposed to work. I have a job and haven’t noticed a change in my check yet. Also, my husband has been out of work for about six months now. How will he get his stimulus? Does he get a stimulus? When should I expect a change in my pay check?
KC says:
June 10th, 2009 at 5:26 am
I have not received a 2009 stimulus payment. I am self employed. I have read/heard that some are recieving money through their payroll check. How will the stimulus work for me since I don’t receive a payroll check?
WTF says:
June 16th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
So my lazy sister-in-law who had 5 kids by the age of 24, doesn’t work and collects SSI for 2 kids because she says they are “under-developed” (but it’s not her fault, even though she drank and smoked throughout her entire pregnancies) will collect a stimulus check while the rest of us who work hard and take care of our families without help from the government get nothing? Nice. Bad enough she gets 8k back at tax time when she doesn’t work!!! What a great message that sends to todays youth.
Melodie Ward says:
June 24th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Im wondering about those of us that are currently trying to survive on long-term disability (pending SSDI approval), we are the .00005% of those not receiving any type of benefit from the stimulus package at all. What about it?
anna says:
July 30th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
I was under the impression that they are still working out the details BUT the stimulus is in the form of a tax credit of 6.2% of taxable wages in 2009 & 2010, to a maximum each year of $400 for single taxpayers and $800 for married taxpayers filing jointly of course. I believe this isn’t applicable for singles making more than $75,000 and married couples making more than $150,000. There is no check, just a reduction in income tax withheld from your paycheck. Retired folks get a one time $250.