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Thread #118410   Message #2566824
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
14-Feb-09 - 12:38 PM
Thread Name: BS: You and the stimulus plan
Subject: RE: BS: You and the stimulus plan
Not the final, Heric- only 647 pages, and the final passed bill is over 1000 pages.

A peculiar clause authorizes payment of state and local taxes on new vehicles (including recreational, SUV and light trucks).
This can be used by the states to fiddle more tax money. New Mexico Legislature is moving to increase taxes on vehicles. Other states will probably follow.
Some measures like this one do not seem to have limits that confine them to the operational time of the bill.

Much will go towards highways and bridges. This will help contractors (who already have crews). Doubtful that any real increase in employment wil result and most of that will be temporary.

The health portion provides some relief, but no universal health care on the horizon.

I was wrong, even the Marx Brothers couldn't have conceived of such wacky legislation.