On the one hand, a recession is looming; on the other hand, there's a sale on flat-screen televisions.With the first federal rebates hitting bank accounts Monday, recipients are mulling over what to do with the windfall: The president says spend it. Your mother says save it. And then there are those pesky bills to pay.
Or you could give it away to the growing list of nonprofits, charities and schools holding out their hands and asking for a slice of that economic stimulus pie.
In Petaluma, for example, Live Oak Charter School kicked off a campaign Monday asking parents to give some, most or all of their rebates to the school to help cover state budget cuts to education.
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