In An extremely cynical move spokesmen for the administration today said, "Fuck the poor. They don't vote anyway." When asked to comment, no poor could be found at home, they were apparantly all in sweatshops.

] "I don't know why they would cut that out of the bill,"
] said Senator Blanche Lincoln, the Arkansas Democrat who
] persuaded the full Senate to send the credit to many more
] low income families before the provision was dropped in
] conference. "These are the people who need it the most
] and who will spend it the most. These are the people who
] buy the blue jeans and the detergent and who will
] stimulate the economy with their spending."

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