So in other words, you would begrudge those who bear the very high cost of doing something without with society itself could not continue to exist, the great 'gift' of stealing a little less money from them? You one of those 'big government' liberals?
Your obvious flaw here is that you can only envision this within the framework of the current statist system.
I agree with you that a lot of government spending is targeted to benefit certain people and not others, and I agree that it's bullshit. Lots of government spending is bullshit, and on a moral level, I view some of it as outright theft. This spending should stop.
That concept, however, is separate from the one we're discussing. Whether the spending is right wrong or indifferent, we're all required to pitch our taxes in on it. Just because someone else had kids, no, I don't think they should get an extra benefit -ABOVE AND BEYOND- someone who didn't.
It's not that I don't think parents should have less of their shit stolen by the government. I believe -everyone- should have less of their shit stolen by the government.
What I don't believe is that parents, in particular, should get a special consideration where this is concerned.
I also don't believe that you'll respond in a manner that says that you understand what I'm saying.
I understand what you are saying, but I'd like to know the "why", or your "reasoning" on this stance of yours:
What I don't believe is that parents, in particular, should get a special consideration where this is concerned.
First let me say that my husband and I were never blessed with children and never will be able to have any...but I am in favor of letting families use the measly amount of Standard deduction and personal exemptions for every person that lives in the household, whether it be a mom and dad and child or a mom and 2 children and grandmom, for the government to not tax us on our necessities....the same thing is done in states, not just with standard deductions from our incomes, but even with sales taxes....many states if not all states will not tax food from the grocery store, or female menstrual sanitary products, or other necessities.....
To me, this is only HUMANE and logical that our government should NOT be allowed to tax us on the money needed to pay for a basic amount of these basic things that human beings need to just survive....
If you chose to house and feed another human being, whether it be a wife, a husband, a child or a foster child or a grandmom or grand dad or a nephew you took in etc....our government should NOT EVER tax us on the minimal amount it takes to keep these human beings alive.....
It's a 'no brainer', to me and to most human beings.
There are so many deductions that seem unfair with our tax code and are downright wrong, but THIS? THIS is NOT one of them....
Just think about it Not2Be.....
And we may need a big overhaul of our total tax structure, State, Local, Corporate, Excise, and Federal...but knit picking and taking away the ability to NOT BE TAXED ON things that are necessary to keep us humans alive, is simply wrong.
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Sorry, champ, but the term as used is a colloquialism that you won't find in your googly ignorance. You boys are really getting desperate now.
