We have been waiting for our government stimulus check for pretty much the whole month of May.  Based upon Mr. B's social # I had initially heard early May, but we didn't get a refund of overpaid taxes so the IRS didn't have our account number.  So then I research and found that our check should be mailed by May 23rd.

Yesterday I went to the IRS site, Where's my check?  for the stimulus checks...

Basically it said we aren't in the system at this time....  We mailed our return April 15 and I'm thinking that this is the reason for the delay, but we haven't even received the letter saying it was coming....

So.... all of this got me thinking about the future.  We didn't have this money figured into our budget originally, but since I knew it would be coming I made plans for it... after all... the government says it was coming....

This made the whole concept of social security even more real to me...  the government says it will hopefully be there someday... I'm putting my money in, and I want to expect that check someday, but I have my doubts that it will actually come...

I am a lifer libertarian... I have always said that I valued freedom above all else including security...

To find myself scurrying on the internet to find my check made me realize that maybe things are a bit too comfortable right now.  The sense of security can be so fleeting and deceptive....