i'm gonna have to agree with <b>smooth</b> here... he's just so... i don't know... smooth...
really though, the economy's picking up again which is what is responsible for the increase in tax revenue's and spending. is it the refunds? maybe. or it could just be that more people have jobs/more hours/more pay giving the extra money to spend, among a number of different reasons. the tax refund could be it, but we don't know based on that article.