Windfall profits tax....

[Maverick]

nope myelo any time the government gives you back your money it is a great idea.. the only problem with the rebate scheme was that they gave back money to people who had not paid it in.
lazs

Really. Here's a bit of an FYI for you Laz. We didn't qualify for the rebate. Even though the wife paid taxes last year on her pension it didn't qualify as "income" since it goes on a different line on the tax form. If you didn't have income you didn't qualify for the rebate.

[lazs2]

Hmm..  my parents have not paid any taxes in decades and they both got a rebate.. they didn't even file till this year.

I know several people who didn't pay a cent (they got back all they paid in) and they got the incentive.

lazs

[myelo]

nope myelo any time the government gives you back your money it is a great idea..

You just don't seem to be getting it. The only way the government gives you back your money is by not spending it. I'm all for that.

But that's not what happened with the rebate. They're still spending our money at record levels. All they did was cut you a check that you will have to pay for, plus interest. It sounds like you go to the ATM and get a cash advance on a credit card and think you've made money.

[lazs2]

no.. you don't get it.   the only way the government gives back your money is to not take it in the first place..

Once they have..  any you can get back from em is good.   They need to go into debt and not have any money to spend.  When they quit paying their departments then maybe we can have some peace.

other than taking less and less of my money every year and taking less and less of my freedoms every year... I don't care what they do.

lazs

[CAP1]

no.. you don't get it.   the only way the government gives back your money is to not take it in the first place..

Once they have..  any you can get back from em is good.   They need to go into debt and not have any money to spend.  When they quit paying their departments then maybe we can have some peace.

other than taking less and less of my money every year and taking less and less of my freedoms every year... I don't care what they do.

lazs

THEY'LL NEVBER RUN OUT OF MONEY. they'll never stop paying their depts. they'll just keep borrowing from one to pay another. or they'll borrow from another country.....again. and of course the worst option?

they'll raise our taxes more

[sluggish]

Now is this $1000 per person or per household?  Not that it would make much difference.  Now if he could pay me $20,000 for my vote I would seriously concider it.  $1000 for a vote is chump change.  That's like trying to slip the hostess a fiver to put you to the front of the list at a restaraunt.  You've got to give her AT LEAST a twenty just to get her attention.  Now if Obamaman would offer me $20000 he would have my attention....

[myelo]

THEY'LL NEVBER RUN OUT OF MONEY. they'll never stop paying their depts. they'll just keep borrowing from one to pay another. or they'll borrow from another country.....again. and of course the worst option?

they'll raise our taxes more

He gets it.