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A single mom used her tax refund to pay her rent—for the entire year
CNBC ^ | 2-25-17 | Kathleen Elkins

Posted on 02/25/2017 4:52:28 PM PST by TaxPayer2000

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To: Buttons12
OTOH, when I have $5k to spare I can buy a whole house, a very solid, clean house in a good neighborhood.

Wow, where are you that you can buy a house for $5000?

61 posted on 02/25/2017 6:31:46 PM PST by Old_Grouch (69 and AARP-free. Monthly FR contributor.)
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To: Old_Grouch
Wow, where are you that you can buy a house for $5000?

Many places, but first of all check the tax office. Properties are often sold at auction for little more than the taxes due.

62 posted on 02/25/2017 6:35:27 PM PST by Buttons12
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To: TaxPayer2000

This dummy is making minimum wage with kids on hand, how is there enough being with held from her earnings for a 5 thousand dollar refund?


63 posted on 02/25/2017 6:37:57 PM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: TaxPayer2000

And Now “Common Sense” is News

Don’t know who said it but they said something like “Common sense is rarely encountered despite being common”


64 posted on 02/25/2017 6:38:53 PM PST by TexasTransplant (They used to get away with it. Not anymore.)
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To: ml/nj

Earned Income Credit


65 posted on 02/25/2017 6:41:17 PM PST by Dave W
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To: Buttons12

$5K for a down payment? Where do you live. $5K is chump change where I live.


66 posted on 02/25/2017 6:44:50 PM PST by Dave W
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To: umgud
These tax credits (welfare, not refunds) are crucial to the survival of illegals with fraudulent ID.

They finally cracked down on it this year. People using the EITC and additional child tax credits had to wait until this past week before their returns would be processed. Presumably, the IRS was using the extra time to investigate the legitimacy of these tax credits instead of just taking Rosita's word that she has 17 children and cutting her a big fat check.

67 posted on 02/25/2017 6:46:11 PM PST by Drew68
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To: ml/nj

One simple little acronym... EIC. That plus head of household is worth about 5400 bucks.


68 posted on 02/25/2017 6:46:43 PM PST by jurroppi1 (The Left doesnÂ’t have ideas, it has cliches. H/T Flick Lives)
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To: Buttons12

You are overpaid for your deep knowledge of taxes. WOW.


69 posted on 02/25/2017 6:47:49 PM PST by wgmalabama
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To: Buttons12

I have never seen a house available for $5,000.00 in about 50 years.

Males no sense.

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70 posted on 02/25/2017 6:47:56 PM PST by Mears
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To: ml/nj

Eitc and child credit.

Aka welfare.


71 posted on 02/25/2017 6:49:14 PM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: TaxPayer2000

Rent only $509 a month? Love to live there.


72 posted on 02/25/2017 6:49:28 PM PST by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: mountn man

Yes, worthless as a tax break, but she’s be on the property ladder!


73 posted on 02/25/2017 7:07:24 PM PST by Bodleian_Girl
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To: boomop1

Yep


74 posted on 02/25/2017 7:16:21 PM PST by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: TaxPayer2000

She got it half-right; should take a portion of the money that would go to the rent and invest it. She’d have quite a nest egg—and sooner than she might think.

Sad, but most young Americans have no idea of the concept—or power—of compound interest.


75 posted on 02/25/2017 7:17:49 PM PST by ExNewsExSpook
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To: ml/nj

Not bogus - she gets child tax credits plus Earned Income Credit.


76 posted on 02/25/2017 7:25:47 PM PST by Catsrus (Don't let Hillary, the crook, off the hook.)
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To: mountn man

I live in Gaffney, and can tell you, this is a rural backwoods hick town full of gibmedats and other leeches. I know several people who live here that know how to play the system. The lady who recieved the refund has two kids by two different thug dads. IMO, she did not pay her rent for a year. The taxpayers did.


77 posted on 02/25/2017 7:33:46 PM PST by neal1960 (D m cr ts S ck. Would you like to buy a vowel?)
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To: ml/nj
Why would a minimum wage earning, single mom be over withheld by $5400 ? Sounds bogus to me.

EITC. Welfare via tax returns.

78 posted on 02/25/2017 7:47:19 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: neal1960

Now I see how Frank Underwood got elected from the community :).


79 posted on 02/25/2017 7:47:44 PM PST by wrcase
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To: wrcase

So does our liberal mayor who has been re-elected more than Linda Graham.


80 posted on 02/25/2017 7:55:04 PM PST by neal1960 (D m cr ts S ck. Would you like to buy a vowel?)
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