Which economy am I supposed to stimulate?

When we opened our apartment door the other day we found an envelope from the U.S. Department of Treasury jammed into the door frame.

My first thought was, Great, we’re getting audited. Second thought: No way, they did not just mail us a check all the way from the US, trusting two national postal systems to deliver it.

But they did, and it was a whopping $1200, double what I expected.

I knew about the economic stimulus payments, but I never thought I’d get one all the way over here in Turkey, let alone stuffed into my door. What if it got lost in the mail?

Never fear, you can request a re-print. And how did I learn that? The next day I found another letter from the Treasury jammed into the front door of our building (i.e., out on the street!) that said we were about to receive a check.

Something tells me the Treasury more than recoups their airmail expenses through checks that go missing and unnoticed.