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Thread #118677   Message #2567634
Posted By: GUEST,heric
15-Feb-09 - 01:40 PM
Thread Name: BS: Obama: I'm Not A Sap
Subject: RE: BS: Obama: I'm Not A Sap
and their grandchildren. I know. Biden is right and there's AT LEAST a 30% chance they got it wrong.

They say the biggest cost is in lost tax revenue, but what the hell is someone going to do with an extra $250 over twelve months, or similar? If I were King, I would proclaim that the stimulus must be designed with a principal focus on tax credits to (a) the neediest - relating to unemployment and health care, and (b) those most likely to spend it - credits for car purchases and home purchases, etc., rather than having so much emphasis on bloating government agencies.

But I'm not king. Neither is O.