"The Johns have been flushed!"

You know, just because they were called "refund checks" that doesn't mean they were really refunds. When is a "refund" not a "refund" when it's an advance on your return for the coming year, that's when. And while the taxes taken out of your paycheck have gone down, you are now probably paying higher property taxes, higher state taxes, higher gasoline taxes than you were before. My guess is that the net "refund" you got is in the negative numbers. But, since Bush "means what he says" then you got a "refund". Please, take some time to truly educate yourself about what is really happening. You are WRONG about the "refund". Unless you're a millionaire, you're not better off under Bush. The tax burden in this country disproportionately falls on working families under his tax plan.