Can I interest you in 4,000 (imaginary) dollars?

How would you like it if I gave you $4,000? Sounds good, right? Now how about if I told you I want to give you $4,000, but instead of giving it to you I'm actually going to give a whole lot of money (way more than $4,000, let me tell you) to a bunch of corporations that are already making near-record profits? And then when you ask, "Hey, where's my $4,000?", I'll say, "Oh, you'll get it. Someday." That's the bait-and-switch Republicans are trying to pull right now. They've decided that...