[RavenATB]

"I did leave out the PREBATE, that socialistic monstrosity that puts every American on the dole."

How is the 'prebate' any more of a 'handout' than my tax refund?

The prebate, as I understand it, is intended to be a refund of the sales taxes a family is assumed to be paying on the basic necessities of life. How is this refund any more evil than the one I got in April?

[Principled]

If you spend less than the poverty level continuously, you would end up getting a refund/prebate of an amount greater than the tax you paid.

Of course, that happens in spades today. But what is the story with spending? Take a looksee here. Even folks who report waaaaay below the poverty line in income end up spending up to and above it. Shoot, the poor have cell phones, cable tv, and buy beer and smokes in the USA.

[RobFromGa]

When you get a tax refund on April 15, they are returning back money to those people who overpaid their taxes. Not everyone gets a tax refund.

The prebate, on the other hand, is given to every person regardless of what they actually paid in sales taxes. It is based on the assumption that everyone will pay at least that amount which is not necessarily a valid assumption.

The prebte puts every American on the public teat, and provides an obvious place for the political social engineering and income redistribution to begin...

[lewislynn]

The prebate, as I understand it, is intended to be a refund of the sales taxes a family is assumed to be paying on the basic necessities of life. How is this refund any more evil than the one I got in April?

Was your refund in April based on assumptions?...That's how.