Because 2% of people will be paying higher taxes to give us our break - and that is wrong. Where I come from, it is considered immoral to support a policy that benefits one's self at the expense of other people. If I do get a tax break from Obama's economic plan, I will be donating 100% of it to the Republican party unless he extends his tax break to 100% of the American people instead of just the bottom 98%.
Even worse, those 2% who are paying higher taxes are probably business owners or investors - they will pass that tax hike onto the customers and consumers, who are primarily that 98% of the people paying less taxes. So we will still be paying their taxes, just indirectly rather than directly.
If Obama is going to give a tax break, he should give it across the board, to 100% of Americans, and just slash spending instead of enriching the Chinese balance sheet by borrowing more money from them to hand out to his friends at his weekly Wednesday night parties at the White House.
By the way, you don't have to be a Republican to get this concept. I am not, and I understand it perfectly.