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Strategies & Market Trends : Steve's Channelling Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: brightness00 who wrote (27822)	9/18/2001 1:11:46 PM
From: Zakrosian	Respond to of 30051

Good concerns as that dollar make its way down the State/Federal Capitol lobbies, how many cents will be left intact If virtually all of it isn't refunded then it becomes an economy-killer. It would have to be kept in a trust fund and immediately refunded in the following year; shouldn't be too hard to keep the overhead low on something that simple. Nothing like the paper shuffle of the welfare program (years ago I read a P.J. O'Rourke analysis that concluded that government spending on poverty programs came to about $7500 per person - twice the poverty level). Now we are talking about a a refund to "rich" infidels who drive their "rich brats" in "unconsciounably humongous" SUV's. True, but everyone gets the refund pretty much equally. If the "rich infidels" wish to continue driving their SUV's they'll pay more than they get back. Meanwhile, the "socially responsible" drivers will get back more than they put in. Unless, however, they fall into the category of: why should people live in the country side and have to commute long distance subsidize who live in the cities and keep monstrous garage queens. Good point - Life's not always fair.