Comments on: Let’s Talk: Taxes

By: 11Bravo

11Bravo — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:10:21 +0000

Well if we follow this line of thinking out to its rational conclusion, the government should be supplying a big enough bonus to convince people to have children. How much would it take per person in subsidies from the government for you to have a child?

By: Mahkno

Mahkno — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:12:36 +0000

Those kids are going to be working to make your later years and retirement more comfortable. Those children are vital to the economic well being of everyone. If you are not going to be providing for the future labor of the economy by siring some children then you can pony up some extra cash now in lieu of it.

By: BJStone

BJStone — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:38:21 +0000

Roman: we don’t know yet how the next congress is going to shake out. There are enough closely contested races to really change the tenor of the house for certain. Why don’t we take a “wait and see” attitude before we start blaming congress on this one.

By: RomanII

RomanII — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:02:56 +0000

Neither candidate is going to fulfill their promises because they don’t make the laws, Congress does, and this Congress will do nothing to help us out of this mess we are in.

By: anotherexjser

anotherexjser — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:39:08 +0000

I’d rather give money to people reproducing themselves than to farmers. Now there’s a real scam.

By: Billy Dennis

Billy Dennis — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:04:07 +0000

It matters little to ME if the tax breaks covers the cost of raising someone else’s skids. It’s still MY money out of MY pockets to give money to someone simply because they have kids and I don’t.

By: Mahkno

Mahkno — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:20:26 +0000

“Great, increase the tax break for popping out children. What about those of us who are single, without children, busting our ass to make ends meet and taking on the brunt of the tax burden?”

LOL.. if you don’t have more disposable money than the one’s popping out children, then you are doing it wrong. I give that a FAIL.

I had WAY more money when I was single and childless.

Those deductions do not even begin to make up for the cost of children.

By: Mahkno

Mahkno — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:18:08 +0000

I have seen that wonderful graphic illustrating what someone thinks the tax increases and breaks for each plan might be. What I cannot find is the original source from the Obama campaign.

By: Billy Dennis

Billy Dennis — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:10:31 +0000

B.J.: Eyebrows rocks because she’s better looking than you.

By: Bob Loblaw

Bob Loblaw — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:54:11 +0000

scratch that last post, i apologize. i didn’t mean to sound harsh, nor was i trying to start an argument where none existed. i was merely trying to point out that calling child tax credits unfair simply targets one aspect of social subsidies when there are in fact many. i disagree with the notion that you do not benefit from the neighbor popping out a kid.

my questions were rhetorical of billy, not meant as attacks.

mea culpa.