Hi Kat,
And what is so different about military wives working than non-military wives working? My x is a sargent of some sort - he gets a quarters allowance, as well as as a salary higher than mine, plus free medical care, dental and eyecare. He rents and buys every toy known to man. Has a shiny new truck, a tailer thingy to carry is motorcylce around in - as well as another motor cycle, and cell phone, computers falt screen tv. etc. I make less money, I still manage the mortahe, the car paayment, the food and utilities, the medical expenses and take care of all the luxury items we have - recently that's been grocry shopping. Plus I have the kids. Oh and I do part-time. I am not sure at which point out societyb went from if you are willing to work hard you will success, to its not fair if the life you want isn't handed to you. And if those folks have problems now - just wait till they get out of the military. That's a mreally rude awaking for people.
Trisha
> Trish, problem is, the allowances are fixed, not indexed to where one lives so if you live in an expensive area it's hard to make ends meet. And non-coms get less than officers. In today's economy, some military wives are taking off-base jobs to make ends meet.
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> Kat
>
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 06/11/03 12:25 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Taxes; was RE: Mag's whip
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> > Kat,
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> That is their choice - they receive a housing allowance on top of their
> base pay. Bad financial management - is your own fault. They are paid well.
> My x- is in the military, my Dad was in and is x's father. We have a
> society that has really unrealistic expections from watching to much Tv and
> seeing to many movies. The way to success is to bypass some wants now for a
> solid position in the future. I could dig getting a housing allowance. And
> that by the way is chosen by area costs and rank. My Dad spent 27 years in the
> military - and they scrimped and saved - and started their own real estate
> company, and later added a mortage portion. Millionaires now - they
> figured out the success ratio early on.
>
> Trisha
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> > Aww...f**k that's terrible. I didn't know that. That's pretty bad as a
> lot of non-coms (and officers) and their families live from paycheck to
> paycheck. It's a real sore point amongst active personnel.
> >
> > Kat
> > -------Original Message-------
> > From: "BG Greer, PhD" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: 06/11/03 12:04 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Taxes; was RE: Mag's whip
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> > >
> > > The child credit does not apply to military people, so they get
> screwed.
> > That's how much GWB loves the military. What a hypocrit!
> >
> > Bobby
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> >
> > > It does beg the question, though, why Congress passed a tax bill that
> > > provides the "child" credit for individuals whose AGIs are below the
> > point
> > > where they would pay taxes.
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