not fair at all. http://www.fairtax.org this is.
--- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Kat,
>
>    Not all single parents get the $400. Child must
> be born between now =
> and 1985. So people with kids 16 and up - don't get
> the break. I fail to =
> understand the logic. If you claim a child - you
> should get the benefit. =
> So both mine are 1986 vintage - so no cookies. Side
> note altho I had =
> Alex last year from April on - I was not allowed to
> claim her on my =
> taxes even tho I do 100% of her support - non blood
> relations must live =
> with you for a year before you can cliam them. This
> doesn't seem fair =
> either. The state of Virginia gave me sole custody,
> surely a legal =
> document should show just cause for being able to
> claim her.  Nothing =
> about system seems fair or logical.
>
>                                              Trisha
>
> > I'm not getting any of that $400, remember?  It's
> an earned income
> > credit for children, not singletons without
> children.
> >=20
> > Let me make it clear that I don't begrudge the
> parents that $400; God
> > knows they need it.  It's just that the $3 less in
> taxes per paycheck
> > isn't much to put back into the economy and I'd
> far rather that were =
> put
> > into social welfare and environmental programs.
> >=20
> > Kat
> >=20
> > Cleveland, Kyle E. wrote:
> > > Well, Kat, the "official" line on the avg. $400
> per family =
> check/cheque was
> > > that we (the average American compulsive
> over-spender) would toss =
> that check
> > > back into the economic river as fast as we could
> get it out of our =
> mailboxes
> > > and into the bank.  That was supposed to
> "kick-start" the economy =
> and put
> > > Mr. Bush into a favorable light as the president
> who gave back some =
> of the
> > > tax dollars we all complain about having to pay.
>  Isn't that a =
> pretty fair
> > > assessment of the administration's logic?
> Trouble is, I don't know =
> of a
> > > soul who thought this was a good idea.  I know
> no one who thought =
> the check
> > > they're supposed to get this summer (Btw,
> haven't got mine yet. Have =
> you?)
> > > was worth the kick in the knees it gave to an
> already unsteady =
> economic
> > > recovery.  Now, the recovery has stopped and
> we're back to deficit =
> spending
> > > again (to be fair, though, our economic slowdown
> started before the
> > > election--it just didn't become apparent until
> GWB was already in =
> office).
> > >


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