Comments on: Permanent residents to receive cash handouts from the government http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/11/12/permanent-residents-to-receive-cash-handouts-from-the-government/ Japan News Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:31:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: turtleJP http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/11/12/permanent-residents-to-receive-cash-handouts-from-the-government/comment-page-1/#comment-261294 turtleJP Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:23:43 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7197#comment-261294 ¥12000? So about $120 USD. You call that a stimulus package? ¥12000? So about $120 USD. You call that a stimulus package?

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]]> By: dumpmatsumotorevisited http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/11/12/permanent-residents-to-receive-cash-handouts-from-the-government/comment-page-1/#comment-261237 dumpmatsumotorevisited Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:23:30 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7197#comment-261237 Them give me something! I don't believe it. I suppose there's always a first time, but I still don't believe it. Them give me something! I don’t believe it. I suppose there’s always a first time, but I still don’t believe it.

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]]> By: The Overthinker http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/11/12/permanent-residents-to-receive-cash-handouts-from-the-government/comment-page-1/#comment-261236 The Overthinker Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:13:58 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7197#comment-261236 Maybe they fear that if your were North Korean you'd send it all to Kim Jong Il - to pay for better photoshopping experts, probably. The idea itself is incredibly silly, of course. Now, if they handed the money out in the form of vouchers, with a use-by date, it might work better. Maybe they fear that if your were North Korean you’d send it all to Kim Jong Il – to pay for better photoshopping experts, probably.

The idea itself is incredibly silly, of course. Now, if they handed the money out in the form of vouchers, with a use-by date, it might work better.

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]]> By: Level3 http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/11/12/permanent-residents-to-receive-cash-handouts-from-the-government/comment-page-1/#comment-261223 Level3 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:13:25 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7197#comment-261223 Obviously there has to be some time limit, because giving cash to people frsh off the boat just ain't fair, but I've been paying taxes here almost 10 years, why the hell do I get screwed while 99% of the population gets a handout? And it's economic stimulus anyway, don't we gaijin spend money, too? WTF? Are we gonna burn it or something? Meanwhile, are the rich elites getting it, too? So they can what? Pad out their savings accounts by an unnoticeable blip? That's the OPPOSITE of the reason they're handling out this money! Just give 12,000 to every person who paid taxes last year. Yet another example of the Japanese government's friendly welcoming attitutde towards gaijin scum. Guess I gotta figure out a way to get my 12,000 yen one way or another. Obviously there has to be some time limit, because giving cash to people frsh off the boat just ain’t fair, but I’ve been paying taxes here almost 10 years, why the hell do I get screwed while 99% of the population gets a handout?

And it’s economic stimulus anyway, don’t we gaijin spend money, too? WTF? Are we gonna burn it or something? Meanwhile, are the rich elites getting it, too? So they can what? Pad out their savings accounts by an unnoticeable blip? That’s the OPPOSITE of the reason they’re handling out this money!

Just give 12,000 to every person who paid taxes last year.

Yet another example of the Japanese government’s friendly welcoming attitutde towards gaijin scum.

Guess I gotta figure out a way to get my 12,000 yen one way or another.

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]]> By: Bad Wolf http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/11/12/permanent-residents-to-receive-cash-handouts-from-the-government/comment-page-1/#comment-261190 Bad Wolf Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:34:19 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7197#comment-261190 I get mine. Screw everyone else. I get mine. Screw everyone else.

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]]> By: fh http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/11/12/permanent-residents-to-receive-cash-handouts-from-the-government/comment-page-1/#comment-261182 fh Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:53:46 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7197#comment-261182 If you were just walking along the street and simply "came across ￥12000", you would think it was a lot of money. If you were just walking along the street and simply “came across ￥12000″, you would think it was a lot of money.

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]]> By: Alex http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/11/12/permanent-residents-to-receive-cash-handouts-from-the-government/comment-page-1/#comment-261152 Alex Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:14:24 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7197#comment-261152 12,000 yen per household member for me = 36,000 yen. That's 36,000 yen more than I have right now. 12,000 yen per household member for me = 36,000 yen. That’s 36,000 yen more than I have right now.

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]]> By: Vox24 http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/11/12/permanent-residents-to-receive-cash-handouts-from-the-government/comment-page-1/#comment-261115 Vox24 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:58:31 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7197#comment-261115 Interestingly, 12,000 yen is how much my October installment of my city tax went up over 2007. It's not much money, and paying it certainly won't (didn't) break the bank, but it does piss me off. Interestingly, 12,000 yen is how much my October installment of my city tax went up over 2007.

It’s not much money, and paying it certainly won’t (didn’t) break the bank, but it does piss me off.

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]]> By: ST http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/11/12/permanent-residents-to-receive-cash-handouts-from-the-government/comment-page-1/#comment-261113 ST Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:53:39 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7197#comment-261113 Ken Y-N has cleared things up, but the Mainichi article doesn't say that any foreigners will get cash, just that they should. Heck, the government hasn't even figured out how to distribute the money yet. Ken Y-N has cleared things up, but the Mainichi article doesn’t say that any foreigners will get cash, just that they should. Heck, the government hasn’t even figured out how to distribute the money yet.

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]]> By: Jax143 http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/11/12/permanent-residents-to-receive-cash-handouts-from-the-government/comment-page-1/#comment-261106 Jax143 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:12:49 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7197#comment-261106 12,000 yen isnt as much as you think... 12,000 yen isnt as much as you think…

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]]> By: Ken Y-N http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/11/12/permanent-residents-to-receive-cash-handouts-from-the-government/comment-page-1/#comment-261103 Ken Y-N Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:05:40 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7197#comment-261103 Thanks for the link James! I was thinking a little more about this, and what I feel would be fair would be all PRs, plus all other foreign family members listed on the koseki or juminhyo, so foreign spouses get picked up too. I'd also say "should", rather than "will" get the cash, as who knows what the final decision will be! (Oh, and I see Tepid Naruhodo and friends are reacting true to form) Thanks for the link James!

I was thinking a little more about this, and what I feel would be fair would be all PRs, plus all other foreign family members listed on the koseki or juminhyo, so foreign spouses get picked up too.

I’d also say “should”, rather than “will” get the cash, as who knows what the final decision will be!

(Oh, and I see Tepid Naruhodo and friends are reacting true to form)

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]]> By: andrew http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/11/12/permanent-residents-to-receive-cash-handouts-from-the-government/comment-page-1/#comment-261102 andrew Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:55:59 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7197#comment-261102 So the rest of us tax paying gaijin are fucked? So the rest of us tax paying gaijin are fucked?

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