It’s an election year. And as always, election years are the birthplace of dumb ideas. And a $600 to $1200 handout to the American taxpayer to “juice” the economy is a gargantuan dumb idea. Sheesh! I can’t believe the American public are this gullible. Then again, maybe they are not. Most people don’t care that this will do nothing but raise the federal deficit by another $150 Billion. Hey, what’s another $100 billion more? We are $10 Trillion in debt anyway, so who cares?
Of course, NO politician is going to call this a bad idea or vote against it. It would be political suicide. So the madness continues. Aren’t “Government Handouts” the opposite of what Conservatives believe in? And don’t tell me this is not a handout as it is a “tax rebate”. Unless the government can prove an actual spending cut to directly offset this cost, this is nothing but an election year BRIBE. This is not an economic stimulus package. It’s a political stimulus package designed to keep the plebiscite from assigning blame for the current economic debacle to the politicians in charge.
And yes, I am obviously NOT going to return my tax rebate to the govt. And I don’t think that in any way makes me a hypocrite.