In Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, the U.S. Constitution recites, "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States."

The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution recites, "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."

Accordingly, the U.S. Constitution allows the Congress to collect income taxes to pay debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.

Based on recent assertions, Obama broadly interprets this as a means for "Redistributing Wealth" or "Spreading the Wealth Around."

However, the ability of Congress to levy income taxes was never meant to be a tool for the "Redistribution of Wealth."  This concept is an abuse of power.

The term abuse refers to "changing the inherent purpose or function of something " and "misuse, improper use or excessive use."  The term power refers to "possession of controlling influence" and "possessing or exercising power or influence or authority."

Obama's attempt to redefine the term "tax rebate" is an abuse of power, i.e., changing the intended purpose of a tax rebate by exercising influence over the taxing authority (i.e., Congress) for the purposes of redistributing wealth, which is something tax rebates for overpaid income taxes was never intended for.

Obama, along with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, is attempting to transform a rebate check into a welfare check for those that do not pay any income taxes, whatsoever.

In a recent campaign conversation, Obama stated, "It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success too.  My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody ... I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."

It's perfectly acceptable for Obama to spread his own personal wealth around.  However, we, as U.S. citizens and income taxpayers, should be given a choice on whether we want our income tax revenue to be "spread around" by anyone.  It should be clearly evident by Obama's own words that Obama wants to take income tax revenue from actual U.S. income taxpayers and give a rather large portion of the income tax revenue to those that do not pay any income taxes at all.

We, as hardworking U.S. taxpayers, should be outraged.  We, as hardworking U.S. taxpayers should protest this joke of a tax welfare policy.  However, we go to work everyday, we earn an honest living, we pay our own debts, we pay our own mortgage, and we do not go out and protest because we have to go to work.  Someone has to pay the bills, the tax bills.  Where is the fairness in Obama's tax welfare policies?  Keep in mind that fairness doesn't exist in Obama's income tax welfare policies.  However, there is one presidential candidate that has our back.  His name is John McCain.

In sharp contrast to Obama, John McCain wants to cut business and investment related taxes and keep personal income taxes as low as possible to increase overall tax revenue, which will promote the overall general welfare of the U.S. economy.  John McCain clearly understands a strong U.S. economic fundamental: we, as hardworking U.S. citizens, do not need "income tax welfare checks."  What we, the people of the United States, need and deserve is a break from high, unnecessary income taxes and a true income tax rebate policy for our own prosperity.