An amendment is being considered that would send every taxpayer a $100 rebate check to help with high gas prices: Every American taxpayer would get a $100 rebate check to offset the pain of higher pump prices for gasoline, under an amendment Senate Republicans hope to bring to a vote Thursday.

With today's prices, that would last all of one week for a lot of people. I could stretch it for a month, but that's just me. My point is, it's a drop in the bucket, so why bother? And I have a sneaking suspicion that not everyone who deserved it would get it. It just smells of a plan to buy votes. Rotten idea.