[Jim Noble]

Their basic gripe is that they are shocked to find out they can't take as many deductions as they thought they could.

I was put into the AMT last year when my sixth child was born.

It is wrong, wrong, wrong for your taxes to go UP because you have a child.

[Pessimist]

"It is wrong, wrong, wrong for your taxes to go UP because you have a child."

Well, that's one way to look at it.

Another way is this: Why should everyone else pay more to subsidize your additional child? Is that really the responsibility of someone with no children, or few children?

[Born Conservative]

I must admit that I'm ignorant as to how the AMT works. What is it based on; number of children and income? If so, the MORE children you have, the more likely you are to be socked with the AMT?