The Gryphon's Feather Studio

Memorial Day Weekend

 

Wish you were here!  Wish I was still there!  Hard at work. Digging out from an avalanche.  Not quite there yet.  Hopefully by next Friday, I think. Actual sentences soon. No promises!

Save Energy

 

Today, I was painting, and pulled out some old newspaper to use to protect the surface on which I was working.  During one of the interim clean-ups (you know, the clean-up you do  when your mess threatens to mess up your work?), I found this advertisement.  It was in the PIttsburgh Tribune-Review, dated 4/26/09.  It is a real advertisement.  It honestly was not intended to be funny.  It is an advertisement for purchasing a new furnace using a tax credit as an enticement for scaling up to a better furnace than what you might normally purchase.  The ad references the economic stimulus concept.

I must confess, this advertisement leaves me with a few of questions:

Would it really save energy?  Think about it.  perhaps, yes.  perhaps, no.  I have more questions here; no doubt. I'll leave them up to your imagination.

Is there really a tax credit for this?  I keep deleting what I think to say next.  Imagine this discussion on MSNBC or FOX....   Imagine the tax code for this. Would there be a special form to attach to your return?  Woud you need documentation?  I'll keep this in mind for my 2010 taxes! 

In the meantime, dare I suggest that the advertising department hire a copy editor?

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xo