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Hmmmm, I think I'll buy a WII.

Rebate checks???? Above ALL else, do NOT buy ANYTHING from China....

The over taxation of the American People and overspending of the American Government has created this economic nightmare. A small "tax refund" check from the government is going to do no better for the economy than welfare has done for the poor.

If you think the economy is bad, think for a minute what it would be like if we were not at war. Just think what will happen to the economy when the war is over.

David,

No but you will soon be taking it in "Amero's".

I am going to take my $600 dollars and give it to Ron Paul campaign. Electing him is going to be the only way to get our economy back and stop being the laughing stock of the world.

why not provde health care to the people so that they can in turn pump that money back into the economy on goods. The rebate is great, but it would make much more sense to just put all those billions into public health care and let the "people" use the extra money from thier pay checks to feed and fuel the economy.

I'll be happy to get my rebate check. Supporters of the war should be required to send their checks back to the government to finance the war on Iraq.

Can I take mine in Euros?A band aid on a bloody stump,how dynamic.

While the rebates looks good, they aren't in my opinion an answer to a growing dilema. Why aren't our candidates and president not addressing things like regulating big businesses (Such as gas companies that are reporting profits of billon of dollars in a quarter at the expense of the American people), department stores,drug companies, hospitals and certain utiities like the NEW AT&T THAT STRIP us of billons? Why isn't someone crying loud about the interest rates that some companies are charging on services that are sometimes so necessary and helpful to survive? These are the things that millons of Americans would to see something done. These are the things that make it a little easier so survive. Understand that businesses have to make a profit but how much is enough? Where does it stop?

Kerry -

Don't be surprised. The bus came to KC one year for the Lou Dobbs town hall. They didn't talk to any of us either. The whole show was pre determined, pre-screened and the audience was "seated" to give the illusion of diversity. Even the people picked at random to ask questions were pointed out by a producer during each commercial break.

CNN – put some real people on that bus and let them tour the country asking questions. Leave your pundits and producers at home. "Unscripted" might help with credibility.

I'd love the extra cash, but I don't need it for anything, really. My bills are paid. There's food on my table. My family has everything they need. I have savings. I have health insurance. To me it would just be like getting a bonus that I'd spend on some new toy for the family, but it's not necessary. I'd much prefer the government keep the money as we have a huge deficit and other more serious problems at this time.

The enconomy isn't affecting my job security or my pay, and it's not likely to. I don't see how sending out a little extra cash to people is going to help anything. It might help them buy some food for a month or pay their heating bill or something small like that. But the people that are drowning now would require so much more than what is being offered before it would make any sort of improvement in their situations. I think the government should just keep the money instead of running up more deficits.

Although I'm not against getting free money, like the money most wealthy folk get, I cannot agree with our Govt's plan to flood the economy with money. If this tactic worked, we wouldn't have to do it again and again.

Perhaps abandonment of the fractional reserve system and the return to honest money based on a real commodity would prevent the need for artificial stimulation.

Of course the international banking community would be unhappy. Which is why my ideas are usually rejected out of hand.

The Rebate has already blindsided the all seeing public. Oh yea, everyone's gonna get $600 bucks, and $1200 per household! The poor get screwed(zip), the borderline wage earners get peanuts and the unemployed get the scraps, (whatever the bean counters decide), believe me ,six(6)months from now the check will probably still be in the mail! Listen up folks, the only ones to benifit from this rebate, are manufacturing and corporate entities. Their already licking their chops, and greasing up the real "Rebate"issue. The breaks their gonna get for off-shore tax shelters, and businesses not being coupled with wage earners ,(america's hard working men, and woman) get the "LION'S SHARE". Just think of what each and every state's revenue share will have to give up, to make this, wonderful "bi-partisan package" work, as Pelosi so elegantly called it! The numbers might not be staggering now,(the srraw that broke the camels back is the best way of expressing our current situation) but approximately Five $(5)$Billion Dollors per state is alot of moolah!!! My hat goes off to the Governor's ,and to the Congress once again, but, to the President(divisor/decider) for this Gratuitous Gift???

Sen McCain's worst nightmare right now is from his own party...not the Democrats.
It is none other than Governor Huckabee's pal Chuck Norris. Chick Norris Comment about McCain's Age struck a nerve in the old man.

McCain's message to the unemplyed skilled workers in Michigan whose jobs have gone overseas. " Your jobs are not coming back!"!!! please see the Michigan primary speech of Sen McCain on the jobs lost
in Michigan (also for that matter , jobs lost in Ohio, Indiana other States).
Talk about pessimism and and telling the unemployed in a State needing encouragement from a candidate for President of the United states. THAT my friends is not why we elect a good and caring American President who should be for the uplifting of Americans suffering in this sagging economy, also largely responsible for our huge (humungous) budget deficit and DEBT to Foreign Countries like The ARABS and China.

Dr. Ron Paul is t he only candidate who has any chance of pulling the United States of America out of this finacial downward spiral. But does the mainstream media ever let him be heard. No. If he was given the amount of coverage that is given to Clinton, Obama, Romney, etc.... he might actually get elected. Why are you people so afraid of him?? If the mainstream media is not going to back him can you at least give an explanation why. Thank You! Betsy Lyson

This rebate plan is pretty divisive and short-sighted. The plan appears to punish single parents and award married couples/w children. The oher concern is where is this money coming from? Since Peter is already broke, will pull get a check that can't be cashed

arggh i can't rewrite it! it was so eloquent darn it

I'd love to have $1200. The bottom line is our government can't afford it. A broke government writing checks doesn't make sense. A real economic stimulus would be to get our troops and money out of Iraq, balance our budget, enforce our borders, and promote FAIR, not free, trade. In the meantime maybe some will use the rebates tp pay off high interest credit card debt in order to better prepare for the even harder times this government giveaway will cause.

I seen your bus. Not bad. Seen you sort of crossed Arkansas in hurry. Should stopped and asked few people about Mike Hucklebee. Missed opportunity.
Economy in Arkansas ....thats funny. More eggs, dope labs, illegal aliens. Thats
the legacy of Mike Hucklebee from Arkansas. Check this out. Mike Hucklebee
supported the youngest Mayor in 2001 from DeQueen Arkansas. This young mayor broke the funds of this city. This young mayor also was caught using
city credit cards in a fashion that cost him.. This is who Mike Hucklebee supports.
Not me and certainly not the moral reason I would like to see, God, Country, Flag, and the Law. Thats Immigration Laws.

Why do the totally disabled under Social Security get only $300 in tax relief when other single americans get $800? What gives?

President Bush seems to think that all you need is bombs and tax cuts (rebates in this case).

We need a long time solution, FDR type stuff, New Deal stuff, not a tax rebate.

Instead of paying people a one time rebate, how about using that 300 billion and put people to work, like fixing leeves and bridges, nobody gets anything for free and we improve our infrastructure. People have more money, hence they spend more.

I better stop making sense, conservatives might have a cow.

One follow-up, it seems like a bribe to the voters saying "here, we'll send you a check, now don't crucify us all for how badly we have neglected the state of our country".

Since when does going further into debt promote a stronger economy? That's nonsense! I don't need $1200. Our debt needs reduced. And to give this money while slighting the money for the poor, that's unconscienable! Where has common sense gone in Washington?