I have paid taxes in prior years i.e. 2004, 2005, and 2006. This is unfair for full time students that support theirself who have no income but instead taken out loans to live on rather than food stamps or unemployment.

The Government lied once again…i read on another website that I can’t receive an economic stiumulus refund because I still live at home and my parents can claim me as a dependent. This really really makes me mad! I am a full-time student, i’m broke and i have no money and I have been looking forward to getting my money since President Bush signed the bill in january or whenever it was. And the stupid government fails to tell those of you who are broke college students and still live at home, that you won’t be getting that extra money in the summer like you thought you were. Thanks alot!!!

Grow up and read the entire news article next time. It seems quite apparent that one would have to be a self-sufficient taxpayer to qualify for an economic tax stimulus package.

Get a job in a bar on campus, sell pizzas or wait tables. Life’s too short to whine about free handouts. Anything worth having requires effor to achieve it.

well said.

If the government can aford to bail our the FRAUD committed by the investment banks starting with Bear Stearns they can certaintly aford to help out college students!

WAKE UP AMERICA!! BEAR STEARNS and the wealthy banks got the biggest welfare check in history!

Wasn’t it just this year I noticed while filling out the FAFSA that the policy has changed to screw over all college kids, that you are a dependent until age 23, (unless you get married), whether you live at home or not?

Interesting timing…

Nah, it was that way in 2001 when I went to college, nothing different.

To all the poor, deprived college students out there in dream land I hear your plight and I’m truly sympathetic to your cause! I, unlike the government have a solution that will cure you from all your ailments… Drop out of college cause you obviously dont deserve to be there! Maybe you should stop and take a good look around you! You’re in COLLEGE! Despite what you think it’s a privelage to be there at all. Not everyone is as fortunate as you. Always remind yourselves of that!

That’s the truth! I busted my hump to put myself through college…lived on ramen noodles and kool-aid…lost tons of sleep studying and working 2-4 jobs at a time…and even though I am out in the world earning my own living now…I’d do it again. To you college students…you want the check…GET A JOB AND FILE YOUR OWN TAXES! Welcome to the real world folks. Want to really make a difference? Finish college and go to congress…or drop out and whine about it.

No Kidding. I am a college student and have worked my butt off to get good grades but that is no reason that you should be a lazy slacker. I have taken rigorous courses for the last 3 years and am almost done but that hasn’t made me not work. I have always worked between 30 and 50 hours a week on top of 18 credit hours with 3-4 4hour labs a week. So don’t complain saying you need the money. Get a job and maybe you’ll have purpose in life. If you can’t go to school and work atleast a little bit you should not be in school at all because you are too lazy to ever get a good job anyway so stay out of the work area. It is better for everyone if you don’t or just plain grow up and stop having your mommy and daddy continue to hand feed you everything.

This is for all the people bashing on college students for whining about not getting a stimulus check…i am a college student, and i made well over $3000 last year,i filed my own taxes, and i got a refund check, i will not be receiving a stimulus check because i am considered dependent from my parents….it was initially said that “everyone who receives paychecks”, and “all taxpayers” were going to get a stimulus check…so that means i will have to pay more taxes next year to cover some of the stimulus bill that i did not benefit from

I agree with the other college students here. I made over $8,000 and on top of that I’m also a full-time student. Living with my parents to save me money but I still have my own bills to pay. That check would of really helped me. My parents were told that by law they had to label me dependent because I lived with them for over six months.

IM sorry to the college students that are missing out on the stimulus package, but quite frankly MOST of you are dependent on your family, and you are technically getting a portion of the money, BUT, It is going to your parents. Try asking them for your share of it! Im sure that wont get you anywhere unless your parents have large hearts or lots of money, but either way.

Either get a job file independently like I did while in college or stop complaining, I wish my parents would have helped me through school, thats worth more than a one time payment of $300-600.

I am a college student and made well over $3,000 last year. I was also noted as a dependent of my parents, but I file my taxes on my own just like anyone else. HOWEVER, my parents did NOT receive a portion of money on my behalf. They were given portions for my younger siblings, but not for me. This does frustrate me! If I’m not going to receive the money that I thought was coming, my parents should! This group of us college students who make our own money and file taxes, yet are “dependents” of our parents are getting the low end of the bargain. My 5 year old sister is getting a portion of it for heaven’s sake!

I am a college student and made well over $3,000 last year. I was also noted as a dependent of my parents, but I file my taxes on my own just like anyone else. HOWEVER, my parents did NOT receive a portion of money on my behalf. They were given portions for my younger siblings, but not for me. This does frustrate me! If I’m not going to receive the money that I thought was coming, my parents should! This group of us college students who make our own money and file taxes, yet are “dependents” of our parents are getting the low end of the bargain. My 5 year old sister is getting a portion of it for heaven’s sake!

First, I’d like to point out that I’m a college student. All of you that have been commenting bashing college students, really should think twice before you do so. I work two jobs through school, paying myself and through loans. I am NOT dependent on my parents for ANYTHING other than the occasional visit home to say hi. I was under the impression I was receiving a stimulus check, just as the other students were. I don’t think it’s fair that I worked so hard last year to help pay for college that I am getting NO HELP for from my parents and thought I would perhaps receive a little something I could spend on myself..but I guess in your eyes that’s too much to ask for.

Also, for those who say it’s a privilege to go to school, you’re absolutely right. However, it’s not impossible so I never want to hear someone who “couldn’t” go to school. It’s your choice. Don’t pull that with someone who has been through what I’ve been through trying to get through school - it’s absolutely ridiculous.

Lastly, you say we’re wining, etc. It seems to me that you’re wining about all of this and need to relax. Students work just as hard, if not harder, to make a living and get through school so again, think twice before you speak.

I’m a parent of college student who works her butt off, lives at home, and paid taxes on $4400 income in 2007. She is not eligible for the Stimulus Package on her tax return and not an eligible child on our tax return. Congress simply blew it and wrote rules that missed this group of taxpayers. Email your congressional reps (house.gov) and senators (senate.gov) and your college president’s office about the inequity. Don’t just complain, be a citizen.

I am trying to figure out why I didn’t get a tax rebate check in 2001. I made around 20-25k that year and was a full time student, paid full taxes as a single dependent taxpayer. Were the rules different that year? Or possibly was that rebate given with the tax refund? I don’t remember but very curious why I never received one.