http://blog.xanthippas.com/2008/09/15/tax-cut-vs-tax-rebate/ A place for raw, uncensored ideas to be hurled about, recklessly... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:19:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.xanthippas.com/2008/09/15/tax-cut-vs-tax-rebate/#comment-433 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:12:34 +0000 http://xanthippaschamberpot.wordpress.com/?p=394#comment-433 Yes, that is usually one of the major aims of tax rebates. The government holds on to EVERYONE’s paycheque, and gives everyone ‘an allowance’ to live on…after all, they know BETTER than WE do how much money we really NEED….

]]> http://blog.xanthippas.com/2008/09/15/tax-cut-vs-tax-rebate/#comment-430 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:21:41 +0000 http://xanthippaschamberpot.wordpress.com/?p=394#comment-430 Thank you for this very lucid description of how the tax cuts and tax rebates are different. More people should read this and try to understand it. Another thing about tax rebates, at least in the US, is that people get them no matter if or how much they actually paid in, essentially making it just another ruse for “income redistribution.”

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