This Tax Rebate thing - Democratic Underground

Ezana

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:35 AM
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This Tax Rebate thing

I think that this Tax Rebate thing, and the subsequent call for Americans to use it to buy locally produced goods, is another way of saying that the US is going to subsidise its locally manufactured products to the amount declared, is 150,000,000,000 $. I am not an economist but I think that this is againest WTO regulations. I think that the WHOLE world should take the incumbent US administration to the WTO.

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Angela Shelley

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:37 AM
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1. We can all buy Euro or Yen with the money!!

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suston96

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:40 AM
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3. Buy what? Euro? Yen?

Not a good move. I thought that the dollar sucked against those moneys?

Oh, I get it.

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sinkingfeeling

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:38 AM
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2. Where might I locate some 'locally produced goods'? The farmers' market is closed here

for the winter and I know of nothing else manufactured locally.

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WinkyDink

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:42 AM
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4. Hey!! I can buy Peeps (Bethlehem, PA.), Crayolas (Easton, PA.), and Martin guitars (Nazareth, PA.)!

Too bad I can't buy anything from Bethlehem Steel.

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lse7581011

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:46 AM
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5. And I Can Buy Beer!

Smuttynose is brewed locally!

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canoeist52

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:47 AM
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6. local spending

Maybe we could support our local artist, artisans and crafters.

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Fresh_Start

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:48 AM
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7. If you want to pervert the stimulus, don't spend the money

Edited on Thu Jan-24-08 11:49 AM by NYCALIZ

last time they pulled this I donated the money to the Democrats.
This time I'm holding on to the money or paying bills.
But I sure as hell am not going shopping with it if I get it

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snappyturtle

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:54 AM
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8. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

I could buy a Moody airplane or some Avery jewelry. By the time this money comes around our garden will be producing as are the chickens now. I guess we could go out to eat at a locally owned restaurant.

As to your WTO concerns, I'd ask, "When does * ever consider what the world wants?"

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Cogito ergo doleo

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Thu Jan-24-08 12:02 PM
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9. Maybe the People should pool all their rebates to buy a

politician. Anyone know what the going rate is for one on a good committee?

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guitar man

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Thu Jan-24-08 12:05 PM
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10. I'm going to keep it out of big corporate hands

Edited on Thu Jan-24-08 12:07 PM by GTRMAN

I'm gonna buy weed with it :smoke:

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