[quote=asianautica]
If you want to reward work, then stop rewarding people who don’t work. Why would they work if they’re getting rewarding for not working? A guy who’s on welfare and who would get all these extra tax credit from Obama wouldn’t want to get off his ass and get a minimum wage job to end up w/ less than what he gets for doing nothing.[/quote]

How about we stop rewarding criminals like Bush has done with his $700 billion No Banker Left Behind Bailout? That, coupled with the $250 billion dollar direct taxpayer injection into the banks adds up to almost $1 trillion in welfare for the richest Americans (and even some foreigners).

This to me is despicable. Bush, Republicans, and people like you who vote for them are rewarding criminals who rape the system at every opportunity. I would much rather see a few thousand dollars in taxpayer money go to a family in need as opposed to over a trillion going to a criminal element of society who is also among the richest.

I guess we are different that way. You have no trouble giving over a trillion in taxpayer money to criminals, while I would prefer that taxpayer money be used to help with some of the social ills in this country.