On Mar 7, 2008, at 4:25 AM, Byron Jeff wrote:

> Those taxes paid are not specifically for your child. What about  
> DINKs who
> have no kids at all? They still pay and get no specific benefit for  
> those
> funds.

Actually we pay MORE since we can't claim dependents.   You should see  
my taxes this year, as usual.

But besides that penalty... and the marriage penalty... we do get a  
benefit from educating YOUR kids...

We hopefully don't have to pay for them on the unemployment line later  
on...

And we really appreciate that with the "economic stimulus" rebates  
this year in the U.S., those with kids get more "stimulus" too.  What  
the HELL is that?

Makes sense for the poor, but it's stupid for the middle-class and  
above... just means that my buddies will be buying things and my taxes  
are a "wash" after claiming zero dependents and one of us "withholding  
at the higher single rate" all year.

If they wanted real economic stimulation -- give the DINKs the  
equivalent of the 2-kids households... we'll gladly go spend it on  
real capital goods... I think a boat, or a partnership in an airplane  
would be good for the local economy.  :-)

--
Nate Duehr
nate@natetech.com



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