On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:39:37 -0600, the infamous F. George McDuffee
scrawled the following:

On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:16:44 -0800, "azotic"
wrote:

What a great idea, reduce disposable income for poor americans. Now that
what i call a stimulas package....
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But to do what?

The killing of the COLA saved the gov't money they can waste
elsewhere. The additional taxes will be wasted elsewhere, too.
Does anyone else see a trend here?

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