Backbench MPs from all the three main parties have supported a PFI rebate campaign, set up in December 2010 by Jesse Norman MP, aiming to encourage the banks, construction firms and service companies who have profited from PFIs over the past decade to give back a small proportion of those profits to the taxpayer.
Yet, the rebate program was set up to make it seem as enticing as possible to taxpayers.
It was not clear how an equitable rebate could be set up for the flooding, however, since many people with pay-per-ride MetroCards paid to enter the subway system, but left when they found that trains were not running.
Very quietly, Rebate Networks either helped to set up or invested in existing Groupon-like sites in South America (four different countries), Europe (17 countries) and East Asia (eight countries).
A true cynic might suspect a pump-and-dump scheme: lure people in with a big rebate and then cut it sharply once they have checking accounts set up.
Parents will have to set up an online account, allowing them to get a 20% rebate, per child, on the annual cost of childcare of up to £10,000 a year.
The government said on Monday that dealers have submitted requests for rebates that total $1.6 billion — more than half of the money provided to the program — through the online system set up to process and pay the claims.
Faced by this nightmare, the authorities recently announced plans for 50,000 yuan rebates for electric and hybrid cars, encouraged city taxi fleets to buy vehicles with the new technology, and prompted state and regional grids to set up charging stations.
Saw, set up, saw, and set up.
