So is the premise of this thread that everybody, or even most, who recieve the $1000 tax rebate are in fact shareholders in oil companies? And I suppose the taxes based on profit limits will result in a stock dip so steep that it will result in a whole thousand dollar loss for each shareholder?



I don't buy any of this thread, but didn't George Bush basically do the same thing a few months ago? Sent about $200-$600 to everybody as an "economic stimulus package", which every economist later agreed did NOTHING to stimulate the economy, while wasting millions in public money.


This particular plan of Obama's will do very little if anything, but you'd have to be a fool to think the Republican economic policies have been any wiser. McSame was all ready to jump on the 3-month gas-tax break that would amount to a mammoth $34 savings for the average American. Nothing but a little (illusionary) gift to buy some votes, while not actually accomplishing anything to fix a broken economy.


Democrat or Republican, Americans still seem bent on voting for the safe 'ol candidates that will tweak the status quo while the nation circles the drain. Of course you get anybody with some fiscal responsibility and actual respect for the constitution (aka, Ron Paul), and joe-schmo voter thinks you're an "extremist" for actually taking the action necessary to bring about the real change that they keep demanding but refuse to vote for.