[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...

[RavenATB]

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

It is 'not,' for most, being put on the teat. Certainly, there will be a few who don't spend as much on basic necessities to cross the threshold of what is 'prebated,' but many families would.