I need a point of view this month! Do I have one? Of course I have one! My problem is that I always have one. So where do I start?

Well, usually I start looking around for one about the middle of the month -- usually I have no luck. Then the end of the month draws near and there it is -- my Point of View is all over the airways.

I couldn't believe, I wouldn't believe what Dubya and his Dubyites were cooking up last month! But here it is! Not only did they pull their pants up over their pride, but they went ahead and blatantly announced their big coup -- TBTR. Yep, they started printing up checks for THE BIG TAX REFUND.

Can you imagine? They broke the refund down to $300 - $500 per taxpayer, spending $21,000,000 (Did I write that right?) to do it!

My daughter, a highly educated woman (I know, I was there for her college years) called me up when she got her letter from the United States Government, which notified her of her refund and asked, "Mom, what am I supposed to do with this windfall that's coming our way this coming month?

"How coincidental that you called," I commented. "I was just now sitting at my desk, contemplating my navel over that very same question. I know that Pres. Dubya wants us to spend it so, I suppose that we should get right down to the job of speculating on what $300 can buy."

"I could buy gas for my car with it, to commute to work. That would be like contributing to the economy -- using money to make money so to speak," volunteered my daughter.

"Yes, you could," I said, mulling her suggestion over. "Let's see. Your SUV gets about fifteen miles to the gallon, at $1.80 per gallon, times sixty miles, round trip, to work, equals $7.20 per day. We can't forget your household errands and other sundry miles. According to my head calcs, that $300 should keep you in one month's worth of fuel. That's hardly a windfall," I warned her.

"Well, then, how about if I use it as part of my grocery expenses?"

"But that only gives you two weeks of pleasure as opposed to the one month of relief you'll get from spending it on gasoline!" I retorted horrified at her suggestion.

"OK. Then how about if I spent it instead on that gorgeous, oriental, hallway rug I was looking at last week?"

"My Lord!" I exclaimed. Besides the $300, that rug will put you in debt for another $1200!"

"Tell me, Mom. Will they be sending out rejection slips with those checks?"

Editor's Note:
We apologize to those of you who feel that this kind of tax reform was due. Our sympathies are extended to all of you who feel that these funds should have been applied to the reduction of our national debt.