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As if passing a so-called “economic stimulus package” which will have little or no effect on economic growth isn’t bad enough, never mind its obvious effect on the federal budget deficit, Fox News reports that one of the little known provisions of the House-passed bill makes certain illegal aliens eligible for so-called “tax rebates.”

WASHINGTON — The $146 billion stimulus package intended to jolt the economy by giving taxpayers rebates up to $1,200 includes cash returns for illegal immigrants who pay taxes.

Under the plan passed by the House, illegal immigrants who qualify as “resident aliens” and earned a minimum of $3,000 would be eligible for rebates of between $300-$600, FOX News has learned.

Only those illegals who have been assigned an Individual Tax Identification Number that allows them to file income taxes would be eligible. Resident aliens are defined as people who spend a “substantial” amount of time in the U.S. and have not been deported.

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

Funny thing—the water in the shallow end doesn’t get any deeper

Really? Golly gee, who woulda thunk? If I was a conservative, I woulda known that.

A true economic stimulus plan would make the Bush tax cuts permanent, eliminate the “death tax” permanently along with the tax on dividend income, reduce the tax on capital gains to 12.5% after indexing capital gains to inflation, and reduce the tax on business income and the depreciation schedule as currently proposed.

After that, the next goal should be real Medicare and Social Security reform while we have the time and the resources to do so.

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”