A random thought, or two, as April 15th approaches…

Thanks to Larry Kudlow for pointing out that those IRS tax rebate notices everyone recently received cost us taxpayers a “cool $42 million.” And speaking of government waste at the local level, kudos to Comptroller Peter Franchot for initially sending out Maryland’s quarterly vouchers, for this year, with “2007” printed on them… wonder how much that cost us in re-printing and re-mailing costs?

As for these rebate checks, talk about an idea whose time has definitely not come… oh, and by the way, those who comprise the top 5% of taxpayers and pay 60% of all personal income taxes, will find their rebates either reduced or completely phased-out. This brings to mind Thomas Jefferson’s observation—“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have.” (more…)