[lisper]

Yes. The difference is in how it is perceived, but in an economy, perceptions actually matter. If you give a tax credit to the rich, the poor don't perceive it as a tax on them even though the strict monetary effect is the same in both cases i.e. a wealth transfer from the poor to the rich. But because the poor don't perceive rich tax credits as a tax on them they are less likely to object.

[Ericson2314]

That type of thinking is political suicide in the long term. Big meddling government that doesn't attack the fact that we have far more demand than supply problems is going to get thrown out.