Comments on: Tax Cut / Rebates Signed into Law – $300 Per Single Taxpayer Turned Magically Into Booze! https://thelocust.org/blog/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze ben wilson's blog Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:26:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8 By: Anonymous https://thelocust.org/blog/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/comment-page-1#comment-777 Mon, 18 Jun 2001 01:08:42 +0000 https://thelocust.org/wp/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/#comment-777 ’cause he thinks i’m cute.

]]> By: Anonymous https://thelocust.org/blog/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/comment-page-1#comment-776 Mon, 18 Jun 2001 00:11:55 +0000 https://thelocust.org/wp/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/#comment-776 ’cause he’s cute when he talks politics

]]> By: Anonymous https://thelocust.org/blog/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/comment-page-1#comment-775 Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:50:10 +0000 https://thelocust.org/wp/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/#comment-775 I know a bribe when I see it. Bush is essentially paying us off so that when the budget cutbacks start to hit, he’ll be able to cite the money he gave us back in the summer. Shit, he’s practically saying “I’ll give you three hundred bucks to be my friend.”

So, although I voted for Bush (and I still don’t regret it) I don’t care for much of what he’s done in office. One of the things I do agree with is the tax cut. I think this “instant rebate” stuff is demagoguing at its best, but I agree with the rest of it.

I’m not upset about getting a check in the mail, but it’s not going to make it any more likely that I’ll vote for Bush next time around.

]]> By: Anonymous https://thelocust.org/blog/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/comment-page-1#comment-774 Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:47:32 +0000 https://thelocust.org/wp/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/#comment-774 I’m not talking about the tax cuts. I’m talking about the $300 instant refund thing going on — w hat a crock of poo! That $300 could pay for more, better teachers.

]]> By: Anonymous https://thelocust.org/blog/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/comment-page-1#comment-773 Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:14:38 +0000 https://thelocust.org/wp/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/#comment-773 Giving money back to people is a good idea. Ignoring all arguments about underfunded programs or about how this cut helps rich people more, the general concept of a tax cut is reasonable.

The budget is balanced. There is this surplus that they all talk about, so why not give some back? Sure, the entire surplus wouldn’t cover the cost of social security for our parents, but did you really think it was going to be there for us anyhow?

I say, if the decision comes down to lower taxes or more government spending, I’ll take the lower taxes any day. And it certaily appears that those were the only two choices being considered by Congress.

]]> By: Anonymous https://thelocust.org/blog/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/comment-page-1#comment-772 Fri, 08 Jun 2001 23:59:40 +0000 https://thelocust.org/wp/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/#comment-772 If you’ll notice, that $300 is a MAXIMUM amount. What you really get is 5% of your total tax liability for 2000, which for us poor schmucks is actually rather less than $300. So the truly poor don’t even get beer money.

]]> By: Anonymous https://thelocust.org/blog/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/comment-page-1#comment-771 Fri, 08 Jun 2001 02:11:21 +0000 https://thelocust.org/wp/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/#comment-771 Really if you think about it, it doesn’t mesh together real well. I say at the beginning that the marginal propensity to say in the US is 5%, but then i say that most folks will save the money, thus defeating Bush. Oh well. It’s shortsighted any way you look at it.

]]> By: Anonymous https://thelocust.org/blog/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/comment-page-1#comment-770 Thu, 07 Jun 2001 13:26:29 +0000 https://thelocust.org/wp/2001/06/07/tax-cut-rebates-signed-into-law-300-per-single-taxpayer-turned-magically-into-booze/#comment-770 That was a remarkably insightful and intelligent story.

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