Good news if you’re hoping taxpayers will spend part of their upcoming $600-per-person windfall in your restaurant. That’s what they did the last time the federal government passed out rebates. To make sure you get your share this time around, you may want to adopt some of the practices followed in Alaska, where every citizen gets a rebate-like Permanent Fund dividend check every year. Restaurants and other businesses there are past masters at dealing with a customer base newly flush with a one-shot cash bonanza. It’s a skill you need right now.

Published Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Good news if you’re hoping taxpayers will spend part of their upcoming $600-per-person windfall in your restaurant. That’s what they did the last time the federal government passed out rebates. To make sure you get your share this time around, you may want to adopt some of the practices followed in Alaska, where every citizen gets a rebate-like Permanent Fund dividend check every year. Restaurants and other businesses there are past masters at dealing with a customer base newly flush with a one-shot cash bonanza. It’s a skill you need right now. Beginning this week, ...

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