GOBS & GOBS  OF FREE STUFF

Who Doesn't Love a Freebie?

Times are tough, and we're all looking for more ways to save a few bucks, right? So here are more than 1,000 freebies and cheapies to get you started. They are not all free; only 923 of them are. The rest cost less than $10! But they're well worth it.

It's all the neat stuff you can get your hands on and put to use for gifts, self-help, teaching aids, toys, investment decisions and more. What we've done here is put together the government's greatest hits in one easy fingertip reference!

Freebies for the whole family!

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For Grandma: Turn her home into that little bed and breakfast she always wanted. Publications that can make her the next "Queen of the Dancing Grannies."

For Mom: A "Top Gun" pilot as the featured speaker for her next women's club meeting. Break into the world of business with help from the Women's Business Ownership program. Check lead levels in house paint and water

For Dad: Extra money reporting the neighborhood tax cheat to the IRS. Beat a speeding ticket with a report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Get a raise, using information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

For the kids: Dig up real dinosaur bones with some help from the National Park Service. Convince mom pizza is good for you with studies from the Food and Nutrition Information Center.

For your mother-in-law: Send her to the moon as a NASA civilian astronaut. Send her on a free trip to Jamaica as a Peace Corps volunteer.

For Grandpa: Let Bill and Hillary send him his next birthday card. Make him the life of the party with a free videotape of his prostate surgery.

For your church: A free drug-confiscated limousine from the General Services Administration. A thousand free books to sell at your next yard sale from the Library of Congress.

For your boss: Close down your office until they replace that smelly copier with help from the Environmental Protection Agency. Warn him that if he makes a pass at you at the office Christmas party, you and your friends at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will see him in court.

For yourself: Let the Bureau of the Census point you in the direction of single men and women. Let the National Park Service find the best place for you to escape that rat race next summer. Have the IRS show you how to write off your vacation expenses.

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