The One About The Rebate Cheque

Well, the rebate cheques have started to pop up in everyone's mailboxes, even mine. If you do not know what these rebate cheques are, pop over to here. It looks nothing like the cheques mentioned in SnowRice's blog entry - though those would have been cool and funny! :-D And fyi, I still have to add on another $800 to that pimping purchase. :-P

Anyhoo, the cheque was accompanied by a "thank you" note from Big Ralph. It states:

Dear Albertans: Enclosed is your Alberta 2005 Resource Rebate. This 400.00 per-person rebate is being provided by the Government of Alberta as a non-taxable, one-time bonus to all Albertans in recognition of their role in building this province. Funds for this rebate are from part of this year's provincial surplus, the rest of which will be saved or invested to build Alberta's future. For more information on the rebate, please visit www.gov.ab.ca.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping build this province.

From,
Premier Big Poppa*

*okay, so it actually just says Premier Ralph Klein. :-P I guess this gives a whole new meaning to buying votes? :-D Or maybe not cause I think Big Ralphie is stepping down next year (end of his term?) but it is good PR for his political party. ;-)

Before anyone yells "發了! 發了!" I am only able to cherish this cheque for a whole day before putting it in the bank - not to invest but to pay off my heafty purchase which will be billed to me next month. :-P Oh well, at least for a day, I was $400 richer. :-D