To: johniegrad
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).
22 posted on
01/11/2008 7:32:56 AM PST by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
To: Alberta's Child
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. Alexis de Tocqueville
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24 posted on
01/11/2008 7:37:05 AM PST by
mewzilla
(In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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