National News What are you going to do with YOUR bribe?

[hoarsewhisperer]

Originally Posted by JayhawkMom

You've summed it up pretty will TK......

AMEN to that!

[TexKan]

I'm sure he knows quite a few of the recipients of BB-BS benefits rely on welfare to make ends meet. He doesn't really find welfare recipients that repulsive - he just likes to make you think he does. It's just for argument sake. Or he's a hypocrite............ I think he just like to argue - he thinks it makes you "think" (like you can't do that without the argument)

[Army_of_One]

What is so modern about welfare? The only thing that has changed is how much and how you get it. I feel the same way a LOT of people do about welfare. If you are an able bodied citizen you should work. If you are disabled or a senior then we as tax payers have an obligation to take care of our own...but if you can work, then go to work. I sometimes work 60 hours a week or more. I would like to be home to see my baby daughter more but I have to work so I have little sympathy for those that sit at home and draw a check when they could be working. If you feel that is wrong you are entitled. I am willing to bet that there are abled bodied people right here on the DB collecting gov't checks but still have internet and probably a buck or two to buy cigs.

[Bubba]

I gotta ask....what are BB-BS benefits??

[88-31-10]

Big Brothers-Big Sisters??

[Army_of_One]

Originally Posted by Bubba

I gotta ask....what are BB-BS benefits??

Dude...I didn't say anything about BB/BS which is Big Brother/Big Sisters. There are no such thing as BB/BS benefits unless you are talking about the kid having the benefit of a big brother or big sister. The money we raise for the BB/BS actually goes to the program to keep it running not a cash donation to the family or anything.

[allsmiles]

the way I understand it, you won't technically be taxed on the rebate money. It is simply an anticipation loan for next years return. They are reconfiguring the tax brackets for 2008 so that your first $6000 worth of income is tax free. They tried to do this in 2001, however, the reconfiguration was never approved, so come tax time the following year, everyone who received a rebate got screwed. Hopefully, that doesn't happen again, or people who would be expecting a return may end up having to pay in a lot more.

[Highwayman]

Originally Posted by TexKan

...Sorry didn't mean to get ya riled up.

Originally Posted by jeezeweeze

Hwy. I was just pointing out that it was a Bush proposal.

Seems to me....IMHO... that everything he and his advisers have proposed so far has kinda turned out f*cked up.

I don't expect you to agree with me.... but don't get mad at me.....

Not mad. Not riled. But I did have to tear myself away and go to lunch and get some things done.

On the rebate business, Bush offered up the idea and the Dems in the House were all over it and couldn’t push it through fast enough. If it’s a bad idea they had the power to stop it but they liked it. If it works out well, the Dems will be claiming credit for it by election time. If it turns out to be “f*cked up”, pass the credit around.

[88-31-10]

Originally Posted by Highwayman

On the rebate business, Bush offered up the idea and the Dems in the House were all over it and couldn’t push it through fast enough. If it’s a bad idea they had the power to stop it but they liked it. If it works out well, the Dems will be claiming credit for it by election time. If it turns out to be “f*cked up”, pass the credit around.

Isn't that politics as usual?

[K C Muffin]

Originally Posted by Army_of_One

It will be a blessing indeed! Low income people will also get checks which I disagree with. If you don't pay taxes and they are giving a TAX rebate how in the hell does someone making say.....12,000 get a refund? It's called WELFARE where I come from. They should not call it a tax rebate if people that don't pay taxes are getting it also. Lets just call it what it is. BUY A VOTE WELFARE PACKAGE>

You don't have to make a fortune to see your check eaten up in taxes....if someone makes $12,000 annual and pays taxes on it, they deserve the same rebate I would like to get.......I'm gettin' nuttin'................