Cheer up Steve, just remember in the world of the witless the half-wit is king. Or something like that.

Well, I’m not any sort of liberal (reactionary fiscal conservative might be a better description) but the simple fact of the matter is that anybody who pays FICA tax is overpaying into the system. So I guess I don’t begrudge them getting some of that money back.

OTOH, it looks as if I won’t be getting this rebate as I fall above the line. Now that pisses me off in ways that I won’t bother to enumerate here.

This is nothing more than income redistribution.

Screw it. I’m voting against all incumbents.

Throw the bastards out.

I’ll even vote for a Democrat against a Republican incumbent.

To try to make everyone a little better about this, just think about it this way. Everyone that has to file a tax return has money taken from their pay check to the goverment throughout the year. So basically, you are giving the government a interest free loan. If you are good at it, you try to either break even or pay a little when you file a return. Most low income people do not even try to do this so their refund check is large. So just think that everyone is now getting the interest on the loan back from the governement.

The Taxes link doesn’t work for me.

Garf - I’m willing to admit that low-income people have some amounts withheld from their paychecks, but nowhere near the amount that it would require to generate $600 in interest on nearly risk-free accounts. I do not understand why you want to put a positive spin on income redistribution. If you are in favor of income redistribution, just come out and say it, but don’t try to make me feel better about the government taking my money and giving it to people that don’t deserve it.