[johniegrad]

A 70 billion dollar spending package followed by a 40 billion dollar tax rebate sounds like a 30 billion dollar spending package to me. That’s if you would ever see the rebate in a Clinton administration to begin with. Probably it would end up being a 70 billion dollar spending package alone. No matter though, it would simply be added to the deficit. No taxes would be raised. This woman is a dangerous fool.

[Roccus]

In my 36 year working life I can only remember two tax rebates....Ford and President Bush.

[Alberta's Child]

A $70 billion spending package followed by a $40 billion tax rebate is a $70 billion spending package, not a $30 billion one. The rebate is not a reduction in taxpayers' tax obligations . . . it is basically just an "advance" on the rebates that taxpayers would have received after filing their tax returns anyway (or, if a taxpayer actually owes money to the IRS after April 15th -- a LOAN that has to be repaid when the return is filed).