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BACKTALK mike brenner, group publisher mbrenner@putman.net editorial staff paul studebaker, cmrp editor in chief pstudebaker@putman.net russell l. kratowicz, p.e. cmrp executive editor No Free Money russk@putman.net lisa towers managing editor ltowers@putman.net stephen c. herner group art director I sherner@putman.net jennifer dakas art director jdakas@putman.net david berger, p.eng. peter garforth sheila kennedy joel leonard bob sperber contributing editor contributing editor contributing editor contributing editor editor at large publication services carmela kappel assistant to the publisher ckappel@putman.net jerry clark v.p., circulation jclark@putman.net jack jones circulation director jjones@putman.net rita fitzgerald production manager rfitzgerald@putman.net claudia stachowiak reprints marketing manager Foster Reprints (866) 879-9144 ext. 121 claudia@fostereprints.com administrative staff john m. cappelletti julie cappelletti-lange keith larson rose southard president/ceo vice president v.p., content it director Mark Hose, maintenance department technician Omega Protein Health and Science Center Reedville, Va. found your article (“Stimulation conundrum,” June, p. 7, www.plantservices.com/articles/2008/111.html) and have an answer, one that I’ve been contemplating. Because we are to get a tax refund from dear old Uncle Sam, the one thing that most people forget is that this will be considered as income for the next year if I’ve learned anything at all from doing my own taxes. Now, if I’m Punch wrong, it will surprise me, and, rest assured, our governit up ment will find a way to get it back twofold. My plan is to help out the new energy-producing companies and also give myself a tax cut for the next year. By investing in, let’s say, solar panels to produce energy, I can reduce the cost of normal operations in my household, get a tax break with the government because of tax rules, and loosen the grip that the electric companies have on me. Not to knock the electric companies, but one thing I don’t like is monopolies, and that is what electric companies are, no matter how you look at it. I don’t hate them; they do a very good job in our area most of the time, but you just can’t shop around for other suppliers of their product to get the best price. I understand that the up-front costs of energy alternatives are great, but in the long run it helps everyone, even if they don’t want to be helped. I will get started on a new energy project to help me in the future. One final note on this subject: This money isn’t a gift from our government; it’s a gift from you for being such a good person to hire people to manage our affairs with the other people of the world. These are people who really don’t care about you but have been taking our money for years. They’re finding another way to increase their costs for doing the same thing that our forefathers did for nothing. 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History has proved on more than one occasion that less government means lower prices and more jobs. George E. Lo Greco Sr., asset reliability maintenance planner Dalton, Ga. My family made too much money to get a stimulus check; I only received the bill for it. The only way any person can improve the U.S. economy is to work on your job, where you are the expert. If you took my advice on the publishing business, you’d be taking advice from the ignorant. You can only help the economy by doing the job you are the expert on, not second-guessing other parts of the economy you know nothing about. James Hyde, INEOS Phenol Theodore, Ala. Fueling True Economic Stimulus July 2008 www.PLANTSERVICES.com 9 http://www.plantservices.com/articles/2008/111.html http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/putman/ps0608/index.php?startid=7 http://www.plantservices.com http://www.plantservices.com http://www.PLANTSERVICES.com

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