Cash back from the government?
Stupid, wasteful and ineffective — and a shameless attempt to woo voters, many Japanese say.
Prime Minister Taro Aso is touting a one-time cash handout of ¥12,000 per person as the centerpiece of a stimulus package to revive the world's second-largest economy, mired in one of its worst slumps since World War II.
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