You must be confused because under the OBAMA plan 40% of the the 95% of people that he says would be getting a tax break will actually be getting a refund of taxes they never paid. THAT IS WELFARE. Thanks but no thanks. The only hand out that I want is the one at the end of MY arm. Look at your tax return or the tax return of someone that you think is "middle class", see if there is a Schedule EIC attached. If there is and these folks are getting a refund based on EIC (earned income credit) this is also WELFARE. This is money given to folks by the Federal Government that someone else worked hard for. Another of the liberal democrat's changes to the tax code that put us one step closer Socialism. Spread the wealth? How about get a job, have some personal responsibility, and take care of your own family instead of looking to the Government to bail you out (not personally of course but generally speaking) When I couldn't make quite enough money to live as comfortably as I wanted, I got a second job. Under an Obama administration the welfare roles would grow because companies and corporations can't. Money rolls down hill folks. Poop floats! Jimmy Carter tried this approach as well, give poor people more and they will do more with it. Jimmy Carter left us with 12 1/2% inflation and 21% interest rates. Bill Clinton tried it. He left a budget surplus as a ruse when mandates were left unfunded. Barack Obama will try it again and it will fail miserably. Poor people are not poor because they want to be but because of the choices that they made and because the mind set that the government will write them a check, give them food stamps and pay their heating bills. Why do for myself when the someone else will do it for me? This mindset is a larger burden on our country than drugs and violence combined. Educate yourself and those around you. Maybe even buff up on Reaganomics...