LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Rebate checks are a flimsy Band-Aid

John Tominsky, Las Vegas

Sunday, May 4, 2008 | 2:06 a.m.

The rebate checks are in the mail; be still my impatient heart. The temporary leaders in Washington, D.C. — thank God they’re temporary — are giving us some survival money.

I’m running off to the grocery store for survival food, after that some survival liquid for my automobile and, if I’m lucky, a few bucks for bingo.

This is all very puzzling. This country is 1 inch from a recession and in total bankruptcy, yet millions of dollars are thrown at us. Will this check bounce?

I feel like a swimmer in the middle of the ocean surrounded by sharks, having a rescue ship come up to me and throw a big hunk of steak at me and then saying: We’ll be back in a few days with some french fries.

I guess if the present leaders had four more years in the White House, I’d be eating rice three times a day and liking it. Take heart, my fellow American citizens, rescue is on the horizon.

Comments
Print
E-mail
Share
- Facebook
- Fark
- Digg
- Reddit
- Stumble
Tweet

Discussion: comments so far…

Comments are moderated by Las Vegas Sun editors. Our goal is not to limit the discussion, but rather to elevate it. Comments should be relevant and contain no abusive language. Comments that are off-topic, vulgar, profane or include personal attacks will be removed. Full comments policy. Additionally, we now display comments from trusted commenters by default. Those wishing to become a trusted commenter need to verify their identity or sign in with Facebook Connect to tie their Facebook account to their Las Vegas Sun account. For more on this change, read our story about how it works and why we did it.

Only trusted comments are displayed on this page. Untrusted comments have expired from this story.

No trusted comments have been posted.

By HelenWeils

May 4, 2008

8:45 a.m.

Flag

Anytime I can get a rebate on taxes I pay to support so many worthless programs like the Department of Education, ie teachers union butt-kissing Department, I'll take it!!! It will help pay some of the outrageous license plate fees I pay in Nevada for my RV of $1,800 a year when I don't even drive it in Nevada, except to leave!
By NVMakz

May 4, 2008

5:10 p.m.

Flag

Blame the election-season liberals for pushing this "more debt on top of more debt" plan. Reid, Pelosi etc pushed this, others, inc weak (Rs), on us.

Don't blame the White House. They jumped on late.

You're right, help from more Republicans is on the way. Lib=Dems are responsible for this.