TAX REBATE CHECKS AN INSULT TO THE LOW-INCOME

See, this is the reason why I hate how tax rebate checks are being doled out: If you make between $85-$110,000 a year, you get an additional $800 to $1600 extra as a 'bribe' for being part of the well-to-do and the wealthy. (Party-time!)

But what about those on the low end of the pay scale? Those making between $10,000 and $15,000 a year?

The government just ignores that part of the working-class and just focuses on what brings earns them large campaign donations every election cycle: Namely the rich, the wealthy, and big business.

They need the money, right?

Think I'm joking? Back in 2001, I was supposed to have gotten $300 as a single tax-payer. I was promised this! I thought I was going to ride high on $300! But because of my paltry income level, I only received a measly $75!

Big-ticket items like a TV or a computer? Forget it. What I got couldn't have paid my way out of a paper bag.

But this is what we get at the low end of the pay scale.

This is what the government expects to bail our sagging economy with.

This is why I think that these tax rebate checks are such a joke. The government just doesn't hurt us financially with this callous move.

They insult those very same people--whom are struggling to make ends meet--with a slap in the face and a pissant consolation prize.

Schuyler Thorpe

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