Sent: 23 Jan 2008
Subject: "Rebates Need to Reach Lower-Income Households"
Dear Gentlepersons:
Please consider the concerns advanced in the article below, from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
(Article below available here: < http://www.cbpp.org:80/1-22-08... >)
"TAX POLICY CENTER ESTIMATES SHOW FEWER THAN 60 PERCENT OF WORKING HOUSEHOLDS WOULD BENEFIT IN FULL FROM PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED REBATE:
To Provide Effective Stimulus, Rebates Need to Reach Lower-Income Households
by Ms. Aviva Aron-Dine
The centerpiece of the President's economic stimulus proposal reportedly is a tax rebate that would be provided by temporarily reducing the 10 percent income tax rate to zero. The plan has been described as featuring a rebate of $800 for individuals and $1,600 for couples. This description, however, is misleading. ..."
(Article above continued here: < http://www.cbpp.org:80/1-22-08... >)
The CBPP is located there in Washington:
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
820 First Street, NE, Suite 510
Washington, DC 20002
Ph: 202-408-1080
Fax: 202-408-1056
If solicited, they probably will help with these decisions?
With every good wish,
John R. Cole
Edinburg, VA 22824-9412
For reflection:
"An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics." ~ Plato
"... a prince who is not wise himself will never take good advice, ..." ~ Machiavelli