My brother called me this morning a bit upset. He runs a small construction firm in upstate New York and he’s bummed about the bailout bill.
“I think I’m the only company in the United States that isn’t getting something out of this,” he said. “I should be making wooden arrows or importing rum.”
And, indeed, as MSNBC reports, there are lotsa goodies in the bill:
Tucked into pages 262 and 263 of the bill, for example, are provisions that will aid the manufacturers of “certain wooden arrows designed for use by children.” The bill will exempt the arrows from an excise tax of 39 cents. There are also tax breaks for race-track owners, for rum imported from Puerto Rico, for worsted wool makers, Hollywood film and television production companies and on and on.
Cindy Sheehan is having fun with this; she and her pals took to the Hyatt hotel across from the federal reserve with a message:
