Yes, pretty much the last week or so. Is he operating under more than one name? Because there sure are a lot of liberal millennials, or Gen X maybe, who hold the elderly in contempt.
I am a Boomer. Yes, at the cusp of the cutoff, but a boomer none the less. So, a corporation, or a CEO, or a business owner, is supposed to take advantage of every tax break, every tax credit, every available avenue to maximize corporate income. But if I, as an individual, decide to behave in the same way I am somehow condemned? Bullshit, I ran my family like a business. First and foremost, there is no value that can be placed on a stay-at-home Mom. Especially when you have half a dozen kids. Matter of fact, to ask that mother to work is the same thing as pissing in the wind. And here is the other thing, school age children need a stay-at-home Mom as much, if not more, that children that are not school aged. And college, same damn thing. That type of investment needs to have the catalyst of a stay-at-home Mom.
So for years, I pegged my income to maximize the EITC. I mean it would be stupid not to. And yep, I got food assistance for many of those years. But I got to tell you, three teenage boys in the house and you are looking at $1600 a month in groceries. In the end, I was funding that all on my own, but I am not too ashamed to say that was not always the case. And those like you can moan and groan all you want. Results speak for themselves. Oldest daughter, doctor, with a thriving practice. Next daughter, real estate agent, leader in the market, has her own firm. Both live in fine homes with six figure equity. Third daughter, disabled, a story unto itself that we don't have to get into right now. Oldest son, doctor, but in Mechanical Engineering, one of the world's most foremost experts on creep, look it up. 25 with a net worth north of half a million. Next son, market leading salesmen in internet marketing, six figure income whose charitable contributions eclipse your yearly income, I am certain. Every year my wife and I sponsor a couple of children with the Salvation army. She came in complaining that there were so many "angels" left on the tree. That son told her to go pull them all and he spent thousands taking care of them. And then there is my youngest, fast tracking to law school as he completes his final year. Philosophy, Psychology, Political Science degree when he finishes. Specializes in Logic. Go figure.
We are not judged by what we have. We are judged by what we leave behind. And no investment pays bigger dividends than investment in our children, my life has borne that out. So I consider those refundable tax credits as investment in our children. If even ten cents on the dollar transfers to those children, it is more than worth it. It is what a real functioning society does. I will be dead and gone soon enough, but I will not leave this world unchanged. And my legacy will live on for generations.
