[fight_truth_decay]

January 2003 - President Boosts Emergency Heating Assistance For Low-Income Families - Maine: $5,778,729

(2004) Free MaineCare for children, 19 and 20-year olds, parents and pregnant women..Eligiblity guidelines

Free Clinics

Maine has agreed to cover very low-income adult Free health care - immigrants without children.

"Good Wheels" program also provides help with car repairs.

Student Aid. The Parents as Scholars (PaS) program is a student aid program that helps low-income parents in two or four-year college programs. It was created by the Maine Legislature in 1997 as part our state's welfare reform plan.

More Families will be Eligible For Food Stamps!EBT card "So if you are having trouble making ends meet and need food stamps, don't let that $5,000 car or other needed asset worry you - apply!"

Housing Costs assistance, property poverty tax abatement

[goodnesswins]

Isn't a "tax credit" for people who PAY TAXES? Some senators are just sooooo stoopid. We, the people, who PAY taxes are NOT quite that STOOPID!

[So Cal Rocket]

OMG!!! Thousands of people who don't pay taxes won't get a tax cut!! Call a lawyer!

[Nonstatist]

I hope the president will agree to reduce the tax breaks for the very wealthy in order to restore this tax relief for hard-working taxpayers who need it most," he said.

By definition, a taxpayer is someone who "pays taxes". If you dont pay taxes, you dont get tax relief. A tax credit for those that dont pay (income) taxes is welfare, not "tax relief". Capiche?

[caltrop]

Too bad, Olympia. If only there'd been a few more Senators supporting the tax cut. Maybe then the would have been enough room in the package for your priorities.

[elephantlips]

True liberalism at its peak!!!! Ms. Snowe wants money for people who pay NO taxes! Mother Government, she wants to give away all of our money. If she feels that way, let her give them her money.

[LoneGOPinCT]

Now Bart, try to follow me here. I know it's difficult to understand but,

IF YOU DON'T PAY ANY TAXES, YOU CAN'T GET A CREDIT FOR TAXES PAID. YOU WON'T RECEIVE A REBATE CHECK BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T PAY ANY TAX.

Did I lose you again?

[telebob]

The Earned Income Tax Credit is welfare for the working poor, period. If you don't have an income obligation to pay taxes but claim dependents, you get a subsidy from the government to help you keep breeding.

This same outcry occured with last summers' rebates. "How come I got no rebate check like real tax payers?"

It is to laugh....

[Photo2003]

Anyone who does not need the money that they get through the tax cuts should give it to those who need it. If you know a needy person, whether it be a family member, friend, neighbor or church member, you can spend these tax cut bonuses as you see fit and help the needy -- spending your own money. A lot of wasted paperwork and trees not having to be cut down to make the paper will be eliminated. This would also have the benefit of saving the environment. There should be more tax cuts to help more of the needy -- many more benefits than we have even thought about!

[fight_truth_decay]

POLL: Should these families receive a check, even if many may not have paid taxes in the first place?
Yes
No
Vote

[EGPWS]

penalizing low-income working families who need the help most."

Weren't taxpayers penalized on the front for taking up the "tax paying slack" for the the low income families who already got a break for NOT paying their fair share in the first place?

Maybe THAT statement will knock some sense into Olympia!

Mmm, I doubt it.

[1Old Pro]

Snowe is an idiot.

To be fair, I suppose she wants to also give food stamps and welfare payments to those currently paying taxes, because they are not benefitting from these programs.

[netmilsmom]

>>In the tax-cut compromise struck by negotiators in a House-Senate conference committee, the increased credit was made available only to families that earned enough to pay taxes<<

At least the truth that these people do not pay taxes was stated in the article.

[eggman]

Thousands of Maine families with low or moderate incomes won't qualify for the $400 child tax credit that more-affluent families will receive.

The result is that only families earning enough to pay taxes, or about $26,000, will benefit from the change.

So, according to this article, a family with 2 children earning over $26,000 per year is considered "affluent". Doesn't that make just about anyone with a full-time job filthy rich?

[Retired Chemist]

Most people with kids earning under $30,000 a year qualify for the earned income credit!

[kevkrom]

Complaining about people who don't pay taxes not getting a part of the tax cut... another fine example of the mess caused by social engineering in the tax code.

As far as the comments about the EITC goes, at least it is basically just supposed to be a refund on Social Security and Medicare taxes (that's whay it has to be on "earned income"). The arguments here, though are just dumb... they pay sales taxes? That's a state issue, not a federal one. That is, unless and until we scrap the income tax for a national sales tax -- and those proposals have a built-in refund to offset the costs of necessities that everyone gets, not just those belonging to a certain social or economic group.

[Publius6961]

Tax Credit EXCLUDES Thousands in Maine

FLASH!

Dog shows exclude millions of cats!

Oh the horror!
The injustice!

[finnman69]

Rush is nailing Snowe right now for pusihng the $350 billion limit. She voted out the free money to those who pay no taxes.

[TSgt]

The result is that only families earning enough to pay taxes, or about $26,000, will benefit from the change.

GASP! How could Bush not give tax breaks to those that don't pay taxes? This article needs an "I'm with stupid" T-shirt.

[Reagan is King]

Somebody conservative please run against that RINO Olympia Snowe. I know it's Maine we're talking about but give me some hope!

[ItsOurTimeNow]

Sweet! My less than $45,000/year salary means I'm suddenly "affluent", according to the Left!?

Ring the bell!

Swank City, here I come!