Government: Oops, we need our money back.

It turns out the IRS made a mistake. Guess who gets to pay for it.
Remember the big tax rebate we all got as part of the Economic Stimulus Plan? Ok, so maybe you never saw a check in the mail but you did get about 10 extra dollars on each paycheck.

The Washington Post and AP say more than 15 million taxpayers may owe the government.

It turns out the IRS forgot to factor in those of us who have a spouse who also works, that some people work two jobs, or if you are retired. So, say for example you work 2 jobs. You were only supposed to get $400, but because the government's goof-up you actually received $800. When tax time come, you'll have to give that money back.

What's the cost of a vote?

From time to time, we'll have special guest contributors on this blog. Here's Patrick Baldwin.




Despite your feelings on the size, politics and make-up of the Federal Stimulus Plan, there was a WTF element of Friday’s vote you may have missed. The short version is the White House hastily arranged for a private flight from Ohio to D.C. so Democrat Sherrod Brown could cast the key 60th vote in favor of the bill. The entire vote was held up so Brown could race back from his mother’s funeral. In this day of super-security BlackBerries, Pentagon satellite links, and a mobile Oval Office in Air Force One, do elected officials really NEED to be in Washington, D.C. to vote? I mean, if I can access everything from my bank account to my frequent flier miles over the telephone, can’t these guys hit 1 for yes 2 for no?