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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Goodness knows I'm not particularly well grounded
in economics but if it's my two cents you'll settle for, here goes.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Step 1. Forget about the Santa Claus nonsense. The
rebates are a feel good measure that will do nothing to stimulate the economy in
any meaningful way. (however, returning tax dollars to actual tax payers IS
a more reasonable action then simple welfare and pork barrel spending
as proposed by the clintocrats.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Step 2. Make the Bush tax cuts permanent. The
threat of what amounts to a looming tax hike makes many small business's uneasy
and puts a damper on job growth and capital improvements.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Step 3. Reduce the corporate tax rate by a minimum
of 12 to 16% making American business's more competitive with our overseas
counterparts.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Step 4. Come up with a real plan to get a handle on
entitlement spending. Privatization struck me as a good start but the ultimate
solution certainly escapes my pea sized brain.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Step 5. Stop bailing out the stupid. If financial
institutions made ill advised loans or home owners took advantage of a risky
loan to buy more house then they could afford, let them suffer the consequences
of their actions. Rewarding dumb encourages more.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Step 6. Make it through the upcoming elections
without putting a free spending democrat of any flavor in the White House for
what should be obvious reasons. Elect someone with at least a shred of economic
sense. Of the remaining viable candidates, Romney strikes me as the best able to
put the country back on less shaky economic footing provided he
doesn't face the same Congressional sabotage that GW did. (fat
chance)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Step 7. (should probably be #1) Do everything
humanly possible to cut spending and reduce the size of government. Again,
obvious reasons, same skepticism.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Simple, aye?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>g</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "lfalen" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>lfalen@turbonet.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:43
AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: [Vision2020] Stimulus
package</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>>I would like to see an analysis of the Economic Stimulus Package by
those who read vision200 who are grounded in economics. I like the idea of
tax reduction, but am not impressed with the rebates.<BR>> Roger<BR>>
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