You nailed it. I suggested people let uncle Sam give them a slice of the good life and spend their rebate check on airfare to Dubai!

We are in the biggest bubble in the history of the world and they are trying to just move the paper economy from one bubble to the next. When they want you to “spend” the rebate and not “save” it, that is a huge clue how much hot air is in the system.

The reality, we are broke. The United States is broke. Well “we still have more ink in the printer” broke. A 3.1 trillion dollar budget for 2008, who are we kidding? That is 10k per man, woman and child! So my friends in Washington have budgeted $60,000 for my family of six this year as my proportional share of this year’s federal budget. I don’t want to sound ungrateful but “what do I get for my 60k and do I need to pay it this year?”

You see giving rebates are much easier pills to swallow politically than having the guts to bite the bullet and take out a machete to the entire system. We can at least get really good at giving great rebates! You know “vote for us, we know how you love rebates and we bring em to ya big and fast, like In-N-Out Burger without all the mess!”

Thanks Chalmers, I will get your book and think your have some great content for my readers.

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