$145 Million

harrymanback
harrymanback Posts: 435
edited January 2008 in A Moving Train
President Bush calls for $145 billion in tax relief to let "Americans keep more of their money ... this will most likely come in the form of rebates.

Aren't there a lot of better things to do with this large wad of cash?
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    harrymanback wrote:
    President Bush calls for $145 billion in tax relief to let "Americans keep more of their money ... this will most likely come in the form of rebates.

    Aren't there a lot of better things to do with this large wad of cash?

    Whose large wad of cash is it?

    I know I could think of better things to do with my money than funding the Iraq war or giving it to other countries.
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  • chromiam
    chromiam Posts: 4,114
    Hmmm give people their money back with the thought that they'll spend it on goods and services, but with the reality that they need the money to pay mortgages and credit card bills.... wonder if that will stimulate the economy....
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  • JSBE
    JSBE Posts: 1,078
    chromiam wrote:
    Hmmm give people their money back with the thought that they'll spend it on goods and services, but with the reality that they need the money to pay mortgages and credit card bills.... wonder if that will stimulate the economy....

    all i know is that if i get an extra $500 or $800 or whatever the amount is for an individual it is going towards credit card debt.
  • chromiam
    chromiam Posts: 4,114
    JSBE wrote:
    all i know is that if i get an extra $500 or $800 or whatever the amount is for an individual it is going towards credit card debt.

    same here... or I can buy a fraction of an ounce of gold ;)
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  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    If it goes to credit and debt it will help bail out the banks who are currently the ones that are causing this market correction we are in now, because they are screwed by all of the bad loans.


    If you are in debt the absolute best thing you can spend money on is paying it down. Debt is a ball and chain. Solvency is freedom.
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  • chromiam
    chromiam Posts: 4,114
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    If it goes to credit and debt it will help bail out the banks who are currently the ones that are causing this market correction we are in now, because they are screwed by all of the bad loans.


    If you are in debt the absolute best thing you can spend money on is paying it down. Debt is a ball and chain. Solvency is freedom.

    So basically its a bank bailout without giving the money directly to banks or even guaranteeing it will get there. Kinda how I looked at it.
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  • PJ_Lukin
    PJ_Lukin Posts: 2,055
    I'll pay one month of my health insurance premium with mine. Then buy 1 tank of gas.

    He is so fucked. How about not spending 40,000 kazillionbillion dollars in Iraq?
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  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    If I get an $800 check from this stupid government I'm going to buy a acre in Baghdad.
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    how does he plan to afford this tax cut...are people fucking stupid... WE ARE IN DEBT. BUSH WANTS TO MAKE STUPID PEOPLE FEEL BETTER TEMPORARILY.....its a joke guys....
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    farfromglorified wrote:
    If I get an $800 check from this stupid government I'm going to buy a acre in Baghdad.


    im going to rip it up...im not a fucking slave and never will be..




    TEAR IT UP!!!!
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    everyone from the pit should gather together and have a mass burning of these checks.... Bush is trying buy people off like he tried to do with the texas rangers and his shitty oil companies and dick cheneys halliburton
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    macgyver06 wrote:
    everyone from the pit should gather together and have a mass burning of these checks.... Bush is trying buy people off like he tried to do with the texas rangers and his shitty oil companies and dick cheneys halliburton



    How can you buy people off with thier own money?

    why would I burn money that I earned?


    Ok, is it a stupid idea to spend money out the yang and also cut taxes? Of course. But I'm not throwing away my own money if I don't have to. I'll just invest it.


    It dosen't make me feel any different about the worst president in all phases of all time.
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  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    macgyver06 wrote:
    im going to rip it up...im not a fucking slave and never will be..

    Do what you like.
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    farfromglorified wrote:
    If I get an $800 check from this stupid government I'm going to buy a acre in Baghdad.


    I nominate this as post of the day! :D
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  • godpt3
    godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    macgyver06 wrote:
    everyone from the pit should gather together and have a mass burning of these checks.... Bush is trying buy people off like he tried to do with the texas rangers and his shitty oil companies and dick cheneys halliburton

    no, what everyone needs to do is open up a savings account
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  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    How can you buy people off with thier own money?

    why would I burn money that I earned?


    this money can be put into the country....instead he wants you to go to wal mart and the gas station... why would bush want people to do this... you are paying over 6 dollars a gallon for gasoline... he wants to fund the war!!!!
  • surferdude
    surferdude Posts: 2,057
    farfromglorified wrote:
    If I get an $800 check from this stupid government I'm going to buy a acre in Baghdad.
    I say let's pool our resources and create a PJ Ponderosa on Baghdad. Hell, I'm a Canadian and I can come up with the $800 for this. I've spent money in more foolish ways in the past.
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  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    chromiam wrote:
    So basically its a bank bailout without giving the money directly to banks or even guaranteeing it will get there. Kinda how I looked at it.


    That's Exactly what it is. "compassionate conservativism"

    He just never understood the rampant spending issue.....uh George....have you seen the freaking deficit????
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  • floyd1975
    floyd1975 Posts: 1,350
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    How can you buy people off with thier own money?

    why would I burn money that I earned?

    That's not the proper anti-Bush mentality. The proper way to think is that all money belongs to the Government. The working citizens are nothing more than individual entitlement program recipients and the part of our salary that the Government is nice enough to pay to us is all just a bonus.
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    How can you buy people off with thier own money?

    why would I burn money that I earned?


    Exactly, it's like saying here, this is already yours....huuh...aren't I so clever and special?

    Now bow to me and hail me as your leader!
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