[Orangedog]

It would be nice if they would not hand out $400 welfare checks to non-federal tax payers and call it a tax cut. And before I get the "They pay social security taxes" argument from others, no, they don't. The (un)Earned Income Tax Credit returns all of that to them, and sometimes more.

[Pubbie]

"It would be nice if they would not hand out $400 welfare checks to non-federal tax payers and call it a tax cut."

That plan DIED in the House-Senate Conference committee.

You're beating not just a dead Horse, but a fosilized horse.

[edchambers]

And before I get the "They pay social security taxes" argument from others, no, they don't. The (un)Earned Income Tax Credit returns all of that to them, and sometimes more

True but only if you have kids. Single folks in EVERY tax bracket get hosed every paycheck, every year, forever an ever.I feel like my tax dollers are paying bonuses to welfare mothers for having kids.