Originally Posted by
BlueStuLondon
That's easy. Just handing someone money would be socialism, and we don't like socialism unless everyone's getting it.
In the past, its usually been for people who have filed taxes before, on Social Security etc.. They've also in the past not given checks to people who owe child support etc, and instead sending the check to the guardian of the child. As one who's been paying into the system since my first part time job at 17, I for one do NOT see it as socialism and see it as me getting back a tiny fraction of what I've paid in Federal Income tax. And if you consider the tax that I still have to pay next month, I still owe the government and it is money more than a tax credit.