<DIV>How do you not pay taxes? Everyone pays taxes. If you buy anything in Idaho you pay taxes. You pay rent, you pay taxes. You buy beer, cigs, or gas, you pay taxes. Taxes cause the price of everything to go up, and you must buy something.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>We all pay taxes, unless you have never bought anything. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But I must agree with Gary. I think that the return is a handout. Why not just pay everyone a $1,000,000 and a free house, tac it on to the debt and give it to our grandchildren and illegal laborers to pay off?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan <BR><BR><B><I>Tom Ivie <the_ivies3@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I've actually heard it called two different things, an "economic stimulus payment" and a "rebate". I suppose it
depends on your individual tax situation and what you plan to do with the money. Although a rebate spent certain ways could still lend itself to economic stimulus.<BR><BR><B><I>"g. crabtree" <jampot@roadrunner.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">Far be it from me to speak for Roger but, in the case of checks being cut <BR>for people who haven't paid any taxes, don't call it a rebate as the subject <BR>line implies. Call it what it is. Wealth redistribution in the form of a <BR>flat out gift. A handout. Welfare by alternate means. Whether you think <BR>that's good or bad is immaterial, it's not a return of hard earned <BR>compensation and it will do the economy precious little good. As Roger said, <BR>a potentially better tactic would have been a reduction in the tax rate, <BR>preferably corporate and personal.<BR><BR>g<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Tom Hansen"
<THANSEN@MOSCOW.COM><BR>To: "lfalen" <LFALEN@TURBONET.COM>; <GODSHATTER@YAHOO.COM>; "Vision2020" <BR><VISION2020@MOSCOW.COM><BR>Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 12:17 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] rebate checks<BR><BR><BR>> So -<BR>><BR>> Roger Falen is suggesting that it would be wrong for those who "never<BR>> payed taxes" to receive a stimulus check?<BR>><BR>> "People that never payed taxes" are those who are not part of any tax<BR>> bracket . . . the poor.<BR>><BR>> Is this right, Mr. Falen?<BR>><BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>><BR>>> I don't think that they will help the economy. It is our money that they<BR>> are giving back.<BR>> I some cases it is givin to people that never payed taxes to begin with.<BR>> In this case it<BR>> is a transfer of money form those that earned to to those that did not.<BR>> It would have<BR>> been better to have reduced taxes and saved the administrative
expense.<BR>>> Roger<BR>>> -----Original message-----<BR>>> From: Paul Rumelhart godshatter@yahoo.com<BR>>> Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 19:51:21 -0700<BR>>> To: Vision2020 vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>> Subject: [Vision2020] rebate checks<BR>>><BR>>> > I hate to detract from the abortion and Mexican Consulate threads but<BR>> I<BR>>> > was just wondering what people here plan on doing with their rebate<BR>> checks.<BR>>> ><BR>>> > Do you think they are a good idea? Will it help the economy of the<BR>> US?<BR>>> > How about our local economy?<BR>>> ><BR>>> > Have you gotten yours yet?<BR>>> ><BR>>> > For myself, I plan to throw $200 of it at my line of credit at the<BR>> bank<BR>>> > that I'm trying to pay down (it's the last debt I have that isn't<BR>> backed<BR>>> > up with a house or a car) and spend the rest on some stupid
gadget I<BR>>> > don't need, possibly a Wii. That's assuming I can find one. If not a<BR>>> > Wii, then maybe a Kindle. If not a Kindle, then I'll probably just<BR>> put<BR>>> > it in my checking account and let it help me keep from going negative.<BR>>> ><BR>>> > Paul<BR>>> ><BR>>> > =======================================================<BR>>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>>> > http://www.fsr.net<BR>>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>> > =======================================================<BR>>><BR>>> =======================================================<BR>>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>>> http://www.fsr.net<BR>>>
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