Is the miracle tax rebate just another advance against

[floridablue]

next year like the last one was. An up to 1200 deduction to be applied to next years refund, or possibly cause many to have to pay next year?

[hobbit709]

1. We have a winner!

[El Supremo]

2. No it's not....

but it's borrowing on or children's future and Social Security.

[Virginia Dare]

3. It's your classic robbing Peter to pay Paul shell game..

this is designed to appear as though something is being done, when in fact nothing CAN be done at this point. It's like putting your finger in a dyke. We all just have to stand back and watch the economic dam break now.

[napoleon_in_rags]

4. That cuts to the heart: The government can only give us back our own money.

Their income is through taxes. So giving us money means either giving us back what they took (which would be fine) or borrowing against what they will take from future generations.

[leftofcool]

5. It's a loan from the loan sharks

[Clear Blue Sky]

6. It's a joke...