Reply #34: how much of a cut? [View All]

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http://www.nctimes.net/news/2001/20010721/51639.html

Liza Grady, the wife of a Camp Pendleton Marine, opened a letter this week expecting to hear about the $600 tax rebate owed to her and promised by Bush as relief to American taxpayers as part of his $1.6 billion tax cut plan.

Instead, the Internal Revenue Service told her that she and her family will get just $69.

"This is wrong," Grady said Thursday. "Sixty-nine dollars does not relieve me of anything."

I'm pretty sure Ms. Grady would be willing to give back the 69 bucks if it would get the country back on track and put more money in her pocket over the long term.

Are you telling me your family couldn't survive with $69 less a year? How about $100 less? $200 less? What's your limit, and how does it compare to the tax "cuts" you actually got?

I realize this is a cut in your income, but I'm doubting it's really that much. If it IS a lot that means you make more and can probably take it. We all know the poor got screwed on the those cuts so repealing them isn't going to have much of an effect on them. They didn't really benefit to begin with, so repealing them won't have much of an effect, either.

Look, I know this sounds harsh, but people need to get over it. I realize you didn't vote for Bush or support his economic plan - none of us did - but we are where we are and just as we all suffer being here we're all going to have to suffer to get out.

I agree this isn't a message that sells well. I'd much rather be promised unicorns and rainbows - who wouldn't? - but that's just not the reality we live in, so people are gonna have to grow up and face facts. If you want I will personally send you $69 to make up the difference, whatever it takes to get this country on the right track.