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No to rebate moratorium
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Posted on Jan 07 2000
Are you serious? “Place a moratorium for at least two to three years on rebating that money (individual and corporation rebate money) and instead use it to pay off the debt that is slowly strangling us!”
Even if the government was to place a moratorium on the rebates and use it to pay off debt….the government would still owe 50 million dollars to it’s own people. That money does not belong to the government. That is the people’s money.
I am shocked as a new arrival to the island that overpaid tax money can be kept as long as it is by the government.
Why take the people’s money as interest free loan? This is the money people have faithfully paid in, over what they truly owe. AND remember, the 50 million will still have to be repaid! 50 million only pays for third of 150 million to wipe out the entire debt….where does other 100 million come from?
Perhaps cutting down the government work force to able bodied workers, who actually go to work, do their job, and then get paid like your employees do is the first step to meeting a budget. Not to mention that there is still not a budget as I type. Also, remember the United States is trillions of dollars in debt, not even able to make the interest payments and life goes on beyond bankruptcy!
Tony, what is your hidden agenda? Is the government willing to cut back dramatically? If the locals ask congressmen to buy diapers, turn back on the electricity, and fund novenas, and other local religious functions….you really think they are going to let the government hold their tax rebate for two to three years?
Melanie Baker
PharmD
