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That’s the insanity of that poster’s argument! She is insisting that $250k is middle class, and that a family with a $150k income should be getting other people’s money, while at the same time showing not merely total lack of sympathy for a retiree getting by on $40k, but actually spewing contempt.Show me where $250k was considered "middle class"
Even in NYC that isn't middle class.
OK…..you are so brainwashed to your own destructive liberalism that you can’t comprehend that when an affluent father earning $150,000 is excused from paying income taxes, that means other people earning LESS have to make up the difference - either in terms of higher taxes, or, if printing money, by record-high inflation, which in turn creates a cavalcade of economic consequences.No where does it say he’s getting other peoples money.
The retiree on the other hand is getting other people’s money.
And the one claiming moral superiority is the one telling this family how terrible they are for having goddamn children.
But tax cuts pay for themselves by stimulating the economy, duh!OK…..you are so brainwashed to your own destructive liberalism that you can’t comprehend that when an affluent father earning $150,000 is excused from paying income taxes, that means other people earning LESS have to make up the difference - either in terms of higher taxes, or, if printing money, by record-high inflation, which in turn creates a cavalcade of economic consequences.
I think there is something very wrong with your brain.
A software architect, according to Glassdoor, makes between 100K and 220K. When we were raising for kids we made $50,000 a year, I don't feel that bad for them.For non-gullible people who can read between the lines, here are two key points in the left-biased article::
1. He’s a college-educated software architect. The story quite noticeably omitted his salary (probably because it’s in the six figures).
2. The mother is a stay-at-home mom and says they are really feeling the pinch covering expenses for their four kids. After all, she doesn’t work.
Now for a couple of questions:
1. If they couldn’t afford to support four kids, why did they have them?
2. All four children are school-age. Why can’t the mother take one of the millions of unfilled jobs during school hours?
Sorry, but I am not going to cry when a college-educated professional complains that they can’t support their four kids on a single income, and expect to have other people fund child support payments so the wife doesn’t have to work.
'We can already feel the pinch.' Families aren't getting child tax credit checks for the first time in 6 months
The enhanced child tax credit abruptly ended in December after Democrats failed to pass the Build Back Better agenda. Families are feeling the loss.www.cnbc.com
P.S. And I am saying he is terrible for having children he claims he cannot afford to support and is clamoring for other people to pay for them! Are you so deranged by leftist brainwashing that you can’t comprehend that?No where does it say he’s getting other peoples money.
The retiree on the other hand is getting other people’s money.
And the one claiming moral superiority is the one telling this family how terrible they are for having goddamn children.
Liberalism is Mental Disorder.OK…..you are so brainwashed to your own destructive liberalism that you can’t comprehend that when an affluent father earning $150,000 is excused from paying income taxes, that means other people earning LESS have to make up the difference - either in terms of higher taxes, or, if printing money, by record-high inflation, which in turn creates a cavalcade of economic consequences.
I think there is something very wrong with your brain.
Not when they are so extreme that the government has to print trillions of dollars to hand out to affluent people that it drives inflation sky high!But tax cuts pay for themselves by stimulating the economy, duh!
Thanks. That idiot is driving me crazy.Liberalism is Mental Disorder.
The salaries are paid from Venture Capital, not from earnings.A software architect, according to Glassdoor, makes between 100K and 220K. When we were raising for kids we made $50,000 a year, I don't feel that bad for them.
That's because the parents met on Ancestry.com.The kids all look a little inbred to me.
Don’t bother; he’s psychotic and you don’t need to be driven crazy by a certifiable psycho.Thanks. That idiot is driving me crazy.
But a retiree who is complaining they can’t afford things isn’t irresponsible because they didn’t save enough.P.S. And I am saying he is terrible for having children he claims he cannot afford to support and is clamoring for other people to pay for them! Are you so deranged by leftist brainwashing that you can’t comprehend that?
He was getting the tax credit on four kids, that comes from the government.No where does it say he’s getting other peoples money.
The retiree on the other hand is getting other people’s money.
And the one claiming moral superiority is the one telling this family how terrible they are for having goddamn children.
The child tax credit is much smaller than the tax. cuts Republicans have been passing for decades. The ten year cost of the expanded CTC is $500 billion. The ten year cost is the Trump tax cut was around $2 trillion.Not when they are so extreme that the government has to print trillions of dollars to hand out to affluent people that it drives inflation sky high!
Not so simple. The retiree’s taxes funded the government. The surplus SS continued to fund the government which kept their taxes artificially low as some of government function was funded by SS.He was getting the tax credit on four kids, that comes from the government.
The retiree paid into the Social Security program and the government in exchange for the retiree paying into the program all his working life gets collect on the insurance when he retires.
The retiree earned his money from the government.
How is that the fault of the retiree? He worked his whole life and contributed to a fund that the government guaranteed would be there for him, when he retired. How is it the fault of the retiree that his government made bad decisions with the money he contributed and was in a trust? When you buy other insurance policies do you think they should lower the payouts when they make bad business decisions?Not so simple. The retiree’s taxes funded the government. The surplus SS continued to fund the government which kept their taxes artificially low as some of government function was funded by SS.
Now, the opposite is true. Our taxes will be artificially high because our SS taxes are insufficient to fund their benefits.
The prior generation took out a mortgage and the current generation is paying it.
But a retiree who is complaining they can’t afford things isn’t irresponsible because they didn’t save enough.
Is that the jist of it?
One deserves sympathy. One deserves scorn.
Maybe we should try sympathy for both? Crazy I know. That might just be the human thing to do.
So what are you doing with the massive handout to affluent families? What a hypocrite! We are going into trillions and trillions more debt so that the $150,000 families can live high on the hog, and THE NEXT GENERATION is going to pay for it.Not so simple. The retiree’s taxes funded the government. The surplus SS continued to fund the government which kept their taxes artificially low as some of government function was funded by SS.
Now, the opposite is true. Our taxes will be artificially high because our SS taxes are insufficient to fund their benefits.
The prior generation took out a mortgage and the current generation is paying it.
Even more….not only wasn’t the family guaranteed to get money every month until the kids came of age, they were never expecting it all. This is a completely unexpected windfall.How is that the fault of the retiree? He worked his whole life and contributed to a fund that the government guaranteed would be there for him, when he retired. How is it the fault of the retiree that his government made bad decisions with the money he contributed and was in a trust? When you buy other insurance policies do you think they should lower the payouts when they make bad business decisions?
The family were not guaranteed to get money every month until the kids became of age. There was no expectation of receiving money when they decided to have children, surely they were smart enough to know that with children came expenses and insurance and doctor bills. That is called making choices, maybe they should have aborted those kids so they could afford the lifestyle they wanted? The retiree had no choice but to pay into his program so he should receive what is due him, nothing more.
