This would be a wonderful opportunity for demagogues. A politician who
votes to spend money, say for the homeless, would be accused of taking
checks directly away from individuals.
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 04:28:18PM -0800, Jim Devine wrote:
> here's an economic proposal, reprinted from SLATE:
> >A NY [Times] op-ed plumps for an idea favorably discussed by the WP's
> >David Broder in his column yesterday, and now apparently making the policy
> >rounds in Washington: Instead of a tax cut programmed over the coming
> >decade based on guesses about future budget surpluses, how about returning
> >a portion of each year's actual surplus to taxpayers in the form of a
> >rebate check? The key advantage: when the surpluses don't pan out, the
> >government isn't committed to giving away money it turns out not to have.
> >The Times piece suggests that this year's check could and should total
> >$500 per permanent resident, so that a family of four would get $2,000.
>
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