Todd,

you make it sound like that check was a gift from the government. It wasn't it was our money to begin with.

Next time you get a paycheck take a look at the pay stub. You will note that the government has been stealing a substantial amount of money from you.

Of course there is one political party which wants to let you keep your whole paycheck . . .
http://www.lp.org/issues/cut-taxes.html