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Rebate checks now in limbo
Associated Press ^
| 02/07/2008
| JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and ANDREW TAYLOR
Posted on 02/06/2008 10:19:09 PM PST by george76
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:19:11 PM PST
by
george76
To: george76
Rebate checks now in limboNot for me, I'm not qualified to get one, but I sure am qualified to pay for others.
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:25:55 PM PST
by
umgud
To: umgud
D*mn! You were going to be buying me a new stall converter for my truck.
To: george76
eight Republicans four of them up for re-election this year joined Democrats Who were they?
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:28:34 PM PST
by
ican'tbelieveit
((Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120), KW:Folding))
To: george76
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:28:45 PM PST
by
flying Elvis
("In...War, the errors which proceed from a spirit of benevolence are the worst" Clausewitz.)
To: george76
But, but, but...
You mean that people who never pay taxes will not get a refund on something they never payed?
Oh the horrors!
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:30:03 PM PST
by
Hunble
To: george76
Republican following the Democrats into oblivion.....
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Grassley (R-IA)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:30:28 PM PST
by
Chuck54
(Everyone who wants Hillary or Obama as your Commander In Chief, please raise your hand.)
To: george76
Bush should have just shut his yapper. These ‘stimulus packages’ never do anything anyway. He is going to make certain another Republican never gets elected again if he hasn’t done that already. Veterans and Seniors, you add them or pay for it in the elections.
If this package is so great then add 55 billion more to the economy and that will make the stimulus even greater, right? Bush shouldn’t be so reactionary every time Wall St. squawks. He knows these stimulus packages are always a day late and dollar short, and he had to see the obvious moves the Dems were going to make in response. Now the Dems look good and the Pubs will appear evil. WTG, we really are the stupid party.
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:32:18 PM PST
by
WildcatClan
(The epitome of irony is that few entities exist, less common, than common-sense.)
To: george76
The skittish ninnies on Wallstreet to freak out over this and the Dow will plummet.
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:32:58 PM PST
by
Washi
(Support the country you live in, or go live in the country you support.)
To: ican'tbelieveit
Not sure exactly.
searching : eight Republicans four of them up for re-election this year
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:33:16 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
So the dastardly Democrats voted to cut our rebate checks from $1200 to $1000. What a bunch of inconsiderate bastards.
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:33:40 PM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(Benedict Arnold was against the Terrorist Surveillance Program)
To: george76
The demorats are trying to make the rebate into a “welfare” package. The rebate is tax payers money and rightfully should be returned to tax payers. Since the rebate is “taxable” 2008 income, part of this rebate will be returned back to the US Treasury in April 2009 or sooner.
On the other hand if people who paid no tax in 2007 are included the treasury won’t get anything back in the form of 2008 tax due. SO it then amounts to welfare, pure and simple.
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:33:55 PM PST
by
ajay_kumar
(United we win, divided democrats win. How difficult is that to understand?)
To: Chuck54
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:38:13 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: ajay_kumar
I thought the original package already had some “welfare” attributes by providing rebates to those wage “earners” that did not pay taxes anyway.
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:39:06 PM PST
by
ican'tbelieveit
((Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120), KW:Folding))
To: Chuck54
So, the McCain gang acted without him.
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:39:54 PM PST
by
Eva
(Benedict Arnold was a war hero, too.)
To: ajay_kumar
Also, if the gubermint wants us to spend the money quickly, why not issue Gift Cards good at major retailers and with an expiration date within 120 days? That would guarantee the money will be spend and FAST! A check on the other hand can be used for savings, paying back loans etc. which won't stimulate even a hyper puppy dog.
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:39:59 PM PST
by
ajay_kumar
(United we win, divided democrats win. How difficult is that to understand?)
To: ican'tbelieveit
Only those people with $3000 minimum taxable income are eligible in the house package. So every one eligible for rebate has paid some tax. I know many seniors who pay ZERO tax.
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:41:51 PM PST
by
ajay_kumar
(United we win, divided democrats win. How difficult is that to understand?)
To: george76
Just wait until next year.
Something ugly this way comes.
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:45:51 PM PST
by
Gator113
(McCain has voted against his country's interests, it's time to vote against his.)
To: george76
I don’t know why the Republicans would object to disabled vets or the elderly getting a check. They okayed it for illegals.
I just don’t feel like I have a team to pull for here. They seem to be more and more similar every day.
To: george76
It occurs to me that the whole damn "recession" goes away if we would just drill in ANWR. Oil prices, and subsequently gasoline prices, would go down. We wouldn't be making the utterly imbecilic mistake of turning our food into alcohol, causing its price to rise. Drilling would directly create jobs for the drillers, stimulate Alaska's economy, and free up the average family's money for consumer goods instead of gasoline, thereby stimulating the economy.
It's such a logical plan I'm sure it will be adopted over night, unanimously by both parties.
/bleeding, dripping sarcasm
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posted on
02/06/2008 10:48:00 PM PST
by
Hardastarboard
(DemocraticUnderground.com is an internet hate site.)
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