The Sunshine Empire

With the domestic economy not as boisterous as most wing-nuts would have us believe, the President put out his endorsement of a stimulus package of tax rebates similar to the $300 checks given in the early part of the decade to recover from what they called, “The Clinton Recession.” Now that the Bush recession is coming on, they released a proposal that would as they say, “give $800 to individuals, and $1600 to couples.” If you are coming out of Kindergarten and do not understand basic math I understand, but why is it needed to specify the $1600 for couples? I understand that a couple consists of two people, and two times $800 is $1600. Isn’t that just like saying tuna fish, as tuna kinda implies fish. I’m guessing they’ll spend $35 million just to send me another letter telling me that this windfall will be coming. I’ll gladly spend my money, but the entire idea is foolish and a distraction from the fundamental problems of income inequity in our economy.  The politics of it would be too messy.