02-03-2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chucklesR
What gets me most is they say that somewhere at the root of the problem is consumer spending is off.
Take the 700 billion TARP, the 350 billion HOPE, the 819 billion proposed (and that is not even the sum total, just the big ones) add it all up and divide it by 130 million tax payers, send each one the 14,370 bucks this is costing them and me, personally, I'll show you some spending.
Now divide that by the number of tax payers that actually paid MORE than 14,370 bucks last year, and I get a new boat.
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Well put!!
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