For everyone expecting (or not expecting) a social security check, veteran's check, or other government payment - check your accounts.
Something highly unusual just happened, I got my VA check today, by direct deposit, on the 28th. Normally, it is paid on the 1st of every month except when the 1st falls on a weekend or federal holiday, then it is paid the business day prior.
The first is Monday, a business day, and I was expecting, or hoping, to see my check in my account on Monday.
It is here, in my account, now as of 28 July, 08:37 Central European Time - 02:37 Eastern Time back home where most of ya'll are.
Date Transaction / Description
07-28-2011Direct Deposit / COMPANY NAME: US TREASURY 310 DESC: XXVA BENEF
Amount Balance
974.00 1,013.08
This is weird, I mean, never happened before.
I suspect that they are expecting a shutdown or default and they sent out checks ahead of time to make sure that those of us in the safety net got paid.
If that is the case, then I also suspect that there will be a disruption for one to three days before Congress finally gets off its ass like during the financial meltdown in Sept. 2008. However, I believe this will all be taken care of before 1 September, so we should not have to worry about our checks then.
Lastly, I might have been paid today by direct deposit because I don't think DD can be paid when paperchecks are not.
So I advised anyone who has snail mail paper checks to keep an eye on your mailbox for that Treasury check.
This is kinda hit and run, I don't usually do that, but I thought this was surprisingly good info for me and may actually be important politically
Cheers
4:42 AM PT: It is looking more and more like my deposit is a fluke or something very odd. If you are a recipient of the safety net, let us know if you're in my boat or in the other second weds. boat as some folks are down below
Maybe we can figure out together what is going on