Those dam check only stimulates people to think they have money coming to them, they give us six hundred bucks, while they take thousands, in income tax.... which is about 30%, plus S.S., Medicare, which most of us will never get, by the time we get there, and we still have to pay.... then when we buy something, its another 8% tax, then theres property tax, which is 1% of what you paid for your house, then theres others taxes, but they call them registration fees, licenses, permits.... for you vehicles....I dont even think we get to keep 50% of what we make.... we all work for the government.... pathetic.