One of Ours

Just think: all that happened here was that his refund got cut. He'd probably really be pissed if, say, his $200 refund magically turned into a $600 payment.

As I recall, this advance tax credit was generally thought responsible for some portion of last year's economic growth. If that's the case, that should turn into a negative effect this year, right?

Even worse for the party in power, it's just bad PR for lots of people to get IRS letters telling them they owe more taxes than they thought. It doesn't seem like a good thing to be happening a few months before an election.

I wonder why the Bushies did it?