Like JDR handing out dimes to the kids...

Jerry Pournelle:

"It doesn't take a Ph.D. in political science to realize that those getting an earned income credit 'refund' are likely to vote for those who offer to increase that payment. Obama's exact plan is a bit hard to discern, but from everything he has said, his tax cut would send checks to 40% of the taxpayers. At that point we may be beyond recovery: we will become a one party state."