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Mesogen
03-10-2008, 05:08 PM
How's this for the government?

It will cost US taxpayers $42 million to mail out 130 million letters explaining that they will get a tax rebate. It works out to about $0.32 per letter. That's not too bad. But why not just mail them the GD check and get it over with???

:confused:

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=7981893


Dear Taxpayer: This letter cost you $42 million

Associated Press - March 7, 2008 1:55 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government is sending millions of Americans a "Dear Taxpayer" letter -- at a cost of nearly $42 million for taxpayers.

The letters are going out this month to alert 130 million households about the government's tax rebates as part of the economic stimulus plan.

A spokesman with the IRS confirms that the mailings will cost $41.8 million.

That works out to about 32 cents to print, process and mail each letter.

Democrats are accusing the Bush administration of wasting time and postage on what Senator Charles Schumer calls a "self-congratulatory mailer that gives the president a pat on the back for an idea that wasn't even his."

Schumer says the IRS could be using the money to catch tax cheats.

The rebate checks are scheduled to go out starting in May.