[Vision2020] rebate checks

[Andreas Schou]

Gary --

Explain to me how the government bailout of the banking industry is
any less "welfare" than giving poor people money to spend on food?

-- ACS

On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 5:00 PM, g. crabtree <jampot at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> Far be it from me to speak for Roger but, in the case of checks being cut
> for people who haven't paid any taxes, don't call it a rebate as the subject
> line implies. Call it what it is. Wealth redistribution in the form of a
> flat out gift. A handout. Welfare by alternate means. Whether you think
> that's good or bad is immaterial, it's not a return of hard earned
> compensation and it will do the economy precious little good. As Roger said,
> a potentially better tactic would have been a reduction in the tax rate,
> preferably corporate and personal.
>
> g
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> To: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>; <godshatter at yahoo.com>; "Vision2020"
> <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 12:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] rebate checks
>
>
>> So -
>>
>> Roger Falen is suggesting that it would be wrong for those who "never
>> payed taxes" to receive a stimulus check?
>>
>> "People that never payed taxes" are those who are not part of any tax
>> bracket . . . the poor.
>>
>> Is this right, Mr. Falen?
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>>> I don't think that they will help the economy. It is our money that they
>> are giving back.
>> I some cases it is givin to people that never payed taxes to begin with.
>> In this case it
>> is a transfer of money form those that earned to to those that did not.
>> It  would have
>> been better to have reduced taxes and saved the administrative expense.
>>> Roger
>>> -----Original message-----
>>> From: Paul Rumelhart godshatter at yahoo.com
>>> Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 19:51:21 -0700
>>> To: Vision2020 vision2020 at moscow.com
>>> Subject: [Vision2020] rebate checks
>>>
>>> > I hate to detract from the abortion and Mexican Consulate threads but
>> I
>>> > was just wondering what people here plan on doing with their rebate
>> checks.
>>> >
>>> > Do you think they are a good idea?  Will it help the economy of the
>> US?
>>> > How about our local economy?
>>> >
>>> > Have you gotten yours yet?
>>> >
>>> > For myself, I plan to throw $200 of it at my line of credit at the
>> bank
>>> > that I'm trying to pay down (it's the last debt I have that isn't
>> backed
>>> > up with a house or a car) and spend the rest on some stupid gadget I
>>> > don't need, possibly a Wii.  That's assuming I can find one.  If not a
>>> > Wii, then maybe a Kindle.  If not a Kindle, then I'll probably just
>> put
>>> > it in my checking account and let it help me keep from going negative.
>>> >
>>> > Paul
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>>
>> "People who ridicule others while hiding behind anonymous monikers in
>> chat-
>> room forums are neither brave nor clever."
>>
>> - Latah County Sheriff Wayne Rausch (August 21,
>> 2007)
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