Have you lost your senses?

The government is about to extend tax cuts and a whole bunch of other incentives to get the economy moving.  An easy to read article is here.

The picture on the left is an illusion picture.  It takes advantage of  the difference between central and peripheral vision - the rods and cones - and your inability to have the rods distinguish some colors with any clarity.  The eye and brain see them but there is so much grey that grey overloads and the eye kinda averages them out.  Just stare at the black dot and you'll see what I mean.

Need I explain the relationship between tax breaks and optical illusions?