Bush proposed to hand out cash tax rebates--except to families earning less than $40,000 a year.

January 22, 2008 (web only) | Desperately Seeking Stimulus | Barbara Ehrenreich
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n a typically regressive gesture, Bush proposed to hand out cash tax rebates--except to families earning less than $40,000 a year. This may qualify as an example of what Naomi Klein calls "disaster capitalism," in which any misfortune can be re-jiggered to the advantage of the affluent. ...