Comments on: Bailout package pork

By: dave

dave — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:25:47 +0000

Oh come on Rob, everyone knows the Canadian Military is the only one still using Bows and Arrows.

By: pete

pete — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:00:49 +0000

McCain and Obama want to change Washington. Looks like they can’t handle the job to me. Please vote for someone else or write to them and sell your vote for cash. Where is my RUM!

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:35:48 +0000

Porky Pig says, “That’s All Folks!”

By: rob

rob — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:25:17 +0000

Have a heart. The arrow industry needs help. This is part of their military revitalization.

By: Joe Chidley

Joe Chidley — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:38:45 +0000

The requirements for the wooden arrow tax exemption are actually quite severe. From the bill:

‘‘(B) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN WOODEN
4 ARROW SHAFTS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not
5 apply to any shaft consisting of all natural
6 wood with no laminations or artificial means of
7 enhancing the spine of such shaft (whether sold
8 separately or incorporated as part of a finished
9 or unfinished product) of a type used in the
10 manufacture of any arrow which after its as11
sembly—
12 ‘‘(i) measures 5⁄16 of an inch or less in
13 diameter, and
14 ‘‘(ii) is not suitable for use with a bow
15 described in paragraph (1)(A).’’.

Good luck with your science project, Michael!

By: Michael James

Michael James — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:24:05 +0000

I’d like to announce the new Michael James Wool, Wooden Arrow, and Puerto Rican Rum Research Institute. How much money do I get?

By: OilyGasMiner

OilyGasMiner — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:22:24 +0000

C’Mon John, you mean you haven’t heard about the wool researchers of America? We need to have finest threads possible. Pure sarcasm btw.

It looks like money will be squandered in places that are irrelevant. I was inclined to the bailout having a high degree of transparency. But now,I’m not too sure I even want to know where the money is going.