As I am one of millions of middle class taxpayers who had the misfortunute to grow up with low income on an Illinois farm, I take offense to your crazy comment about poor people having the right to procreate.
As far as the increased tax credit goes, a tax cut is good no matter how you get it. These minimum wage payers pay just as high a tax burden as a percentage of their incomes as most folks. They pay social security on every dollar earned, it isn't phased out like higher incomes are. Any tax cut is a good government policy.
but there is a horde of folks who DID NOT PAY ANY TAX....and I repeat...DID NOT PAY ANY INCOME TAX WHATSOEVER and who infact, got other people's money back already...this in direct constrast to me...who got a whopping $75 dollars back of MY money.....
If they never had to pay tax, they do not need a tax cut.....I do....I pay the tax...
You should read a little more carefully. I never said anything about their RIGHT to procreate but was wondering if we should give them another REASON to procreate. I have no problem with low wage earners having children so long as they are responsible and plan on providing for them. I don’t even have a problem if irresponsible people want to have kids, just don’t ask me to open my wallet.
We have quite a bit of subsidized housing in my town and for the most part it is single women 20’s-30’s who you can usually see with two or three kids in tow. Some are on welfare, some work low paying jobs but all are already getting a “break” in one form or another (subsidized housing, food stamps, daycare). Are some of these people just down on their luck for the time being? Sure, but that’s the exception not the rule. Most of them don’t care about the onus they are placing on the rest of us when it comes to footing the bills and incentives like an additional 400 bucks for people working at McDonalds wont discourage them from having more kids they cant afford.
You and I are on the same page however when it comes to any tax cut being a good tax cut. I just don’t think that a person who winds up paying no Federal Tax should be entitled to get money (back) that was contributed by others.