Comments on: “Stimulating the economy” http://bowilliams.com/2008/01/stimulating-the-economy/ Rarely senselessly vulgar; frequently slightly tacky Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:33:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cash for Clunkers: Our Betters’ latest war on the poor | WmWms http://bowilliams.com/2008/01/stimulating-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-26792 Cash for Clunkers: Our Betters’ latest war on the poor | WmWms Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:24:40 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=511#comment-26792 [...] alleged economic benefit is, in a general sense, the same old game of taking some water from the deep end of a swimming pool and pouring it in the shallo....  (And hey, let’s jack consumer debt up in a recession!)  Redistributing taxpayer money [...] [...] alleged economic benefit is, in a general sense, the same old game of taking some water from the deep end of a swimming pool and pouring it in the shallo….  (And hey, let’s jack consumer debt up in a recession!)  Redistributing taxpayer money [...]

]]> By: gerry rosser http://bowilliams.com/2008/01/stimulating-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2195 gerry rosser Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:56:24 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=511#comment-2195 Yeah, what you said! I wish I'd thought of that line about the swimming pool. Our system of governance is so broke it can't be fixed. Yeah, what you said!
I wish I’d thought of that line about the swimming pool.
Our system of governance is so broke it can’t be fixed.

]]> By: Billy http://bowilliams.com/2008/01/stimulating-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2193 Billy Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:24:24 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=511#comment-2193 I think of it as a tax rebate. It's our money anyway. Taxes and government spending should be lower today, tomorrow, every year. Unfortunately, the details show it's a redistribution plan. Any family making over $75K will get little or nothing while many people paying no income taxes will get the full refund. It won't stimulate the economy! I think of it as a tax rebate. It’s our money anyway. Taxes and government spending should be lower today, tomorrow, every year.
Unfortunately, the details show it’s a redistribution plan. Any family making over $75K will get little or nothing while many people paying no income taxes will get the full refund. It won’t stimulate the economy!

]]> By: Death and Taxes « The Blue Door http://bowilliams.com/2008/01/stimulating-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2191 Death and Taxes « The Blue Door Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:26:46 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=511#comment-2191 [...] around Capitol Hill this week. Gerry’s written about it here, and Bo’s got a post here. I’ve been listening to seemingly endless NPR stories about it and seriously? ALL I can think [...] [...] around Capitol Hill this week. Gerry’s written about it here, and Bo’s got a post here. I’ve been listening to seemingly endless NPR stories about it and seriously? ALL I can think [...]

]]> By: Mrs. Chili http://bowilliams.com/2008/01/stimulating-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2190 Mrs. Chili Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:06:17 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=511#comment-2190 Season three, episode 18, "Stirred," of the West Wing. Charlie anticipates a refund on his taxes, and ends up owing something like 400 bucks. Here's why: LEO Yeah, it sounds like you're getting tripped up by 1783. CHARLIE Which is? LEO HR 1783; it's a tax rebate from last year. CHARLIE Why would that affect my return for this year? LEO Did you get a tax rebate last year? CHARLIE Yeah. LEO There's the answer. CHARLIE Where's the answer? LEO Your rebate came off of this year's taxes. That's how we paid for it. CHARLIE Hang on. The money I got back last year has to be paid for? LEO Yeah. CHARLIE That's not a rebate; that's an advance. LEO Well, technically I guess... CHARLIE Not technically. This is like getting a Christmas bonus and having it deducted from your January paycheck. LEO This doesn't sound like very patriotic talk to me, Charlie. They enter Charlie's office. CHARLIE It's not. Why did you call it a rebate? LEO So people would spend it. If they thought it was an advance, they might save it. CHARLIE It was an advance. LEO Did you spend it? CHARLIE I paid my VISA bill. LEO We would have preferred it if you'd ate in a restaurant or travelled. CHARLIE Me too. LEO Well, in any event... [puts out his hand] CHARLIE What? [Leo starts wiggling his fingers] Oh, what are you the collector? BARTLET Leo. LEO He used the rebate to pay off his VISA bill. CHARLIE It wasn't a rebate; it was an advance. BARTLET A trip to Banana Republic would have killed you? [to Leo] Let's go. Season three, episode 18, “Stirred,” of the West Wing. Charlie anticipates a refund on his taxes, and ends up owing something like 400 bucks. Here’s why:

LEO
Yeah, it sounds like you’re getting tripped up by 1783.

CHARLIE
Which is?

LEO
HR 1783; it’s a tax rebate from last year.

CHARLIE
Why would that affect my return for this year?

LEO
Did you get a tax rebate last year?

CHARLIE
Yeah.

LEO
There’s the answer.

CHARLIE
Where’s the answer?

LEO
Your rebate came off of this year’s taxes. That’s how we paid for it.

CHARLIE
Hang on. The money I got back last year has to be paid for?

LEO
Yeah.

CHARLIE
That’s not a rebate; that’s an advance.

LEO
Well, technically I guess…

CHARLIE
Not technically. This is like getting a Christmas bonus and having it deducted from your
January paycheck.

LEO
This doesn’t sound like very patriotic talk to me, Charlie. They enter Charlie’s office.

CHARLIE
It’s not. Why did you call it a rebate?

LEO
So people would spend it. If they thought it was an advance, they might save it.

CHARLIE
It was an advance.

LEO
Did you spend it?

CHARLIE
I paid my VISA bill.

LEO
We would have preferred it if you’d ate in a restaurant or travelled.

CHARLIE
Me too.

LEO
Well, in any event… [puts out his hand]

CHARLIE
What? [Leo starts wiggling his fingers] Oh, what are you the collector?

BARTLET
Leo.

LEO
He used the rebate to pay off his VISA bill.

CHARLIE
It wasn’t a rebate; it was an advance.

BARTLET
A trip to Banana Republic would have killed you? [to Leo] Let’s go.

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