AS MUCH as $4300. I WILL correct you, Eric, because you ARE wrong. The EIC operates on a "sliding scale"; at lower income levels, you receive less; then beyond a certain point it beging to taper off. At above $30,000, for instance, the EIC isn't a very large amount of money at al
As long as government programs continue to pay more than working class jobs, people will find ways to stay on welfare. As hard as it is to understand that mindset, it is just common sense on the part of those families. This is why I am a huge advocate of privatization. Because a privately run charitable organization can better as
Eric, you are obviously classist and feel that the only people qualified to have children are the wealthy. Your attitude only further serves to create conflict between the rich and poor. Gideon, don't pull a Tex on me here, I am not talking about plasma TV's and polo jeans. I'm talking about a man that
I would no more trust that person with a pet bird, much less a child. Crap, I just know with my luck that littlewhip or Tex will wind up being bird fanatics.
Do you live in the country? Are you unaware of busses and public transportation? Call me classist all you want, but if you can't simply afford a used car to get to the grocery store, the doctor's office or the heck out of a flooding town then NO!!! you have no business having children. Public transporta
Who qualifies? Many people think the credit is available only to parents. It's not. But the amount the Internal Revenue Service will give back is greater for eligible low-wage taxpayers with children. Ergo, you are encouraged to have children (preferably more than one) On 2004 returns, the maximum credit can be as much as $4,300 for workers supporting two or more kids . A worker with one child can get up to $2,604 w
Is there a minimum income level for EIC? Okay then, go out and get a job, make a few thousand, quit or intentionally lose the job, live off of government assistance and as a reward get a nice check from Uncle Sam at the end of the year. I forgot to mention that it helps to blame Bush for all your woes,
EIC, for all its flaws, actually encourages responsible behaviour. By paying more for married couples than for unmarried, it encourages families to stay married and thus (in theory at least) curbs one of the major risk factors for generational poverty. Or as
Dems get money from Liberal groups, mind you, but their real issue is getting people elected. Good point baker. I agree that it is pandering, but I think you have to see
I refuse to comment on a rich versus poor issue, I just can't win those. I'll have Tex telling me about how she can raise her kids on $.32 a day and litte whip will be talking about how bad she is kicking my ass.
BULLSHIT! If that were true, you would not be claiming that we have all these "FREE" benefits that make our lives so nice and tidy. You wouldn't be insisting that it's not like the "real world". Tex, you of all people should know that you do not live in the real world. You and every one of your neighbor
Actually my sister is not the one in the military, it's her husband. He's a major (don't hold it against him, he was orignially enlisted but earned his degree and went to OCS 12 years ago) and is indeed currently serving at Fort Benning. Really Tex, cut through the al the arguements and do this; I'm sure your good at internet reasearch. Pretend that you are getting out of the service, moving to Atlanta and you've secured a job earning 35k for
Let's forget about the military crap and what not and concentrate on realisticly living on $35,548.00 as a family of four. You've simply done the typical bleeding heart, "your just rich so you can't be correct crap" that makes under achievers feel good. And little whip just keeps talking about kicking my ass because I pointed out one time that her over educated, intellectual elitist, better half is a pompous ass. <a href="http://www.apartmentf
Being in the military does not mean you are exempt from all the life expenses and obligations that civilians have. Things like Tricare are compensation for the service member's skill, effort, and the extraordinary demands of the job. It's not a "FREE benefit" so much as it is an alternate form of pay. E
tell me this tex, does your health insurance compare to this? Link Let's see, I've taken the liberty of applying at Aetna for insurance for a family of four. We have a nice plan staring at the low monthly price of $281.00. Now we do have an annual deductible of $10,000.00 per family after which the 20% co-pay kicks in. Or let's look at the next plan, if you are will
Okay Tex, I can speak from even better experience than you if you have a mere two years in the Army. I was an Army brat for ten years. My father was in Vietnam when I was born at Martin Army hospital on Fort Benning, I vividly recall growing up on Fort Belvoir and later on Fort Bragg. I served for three years active and two reserve myself. Please do not accuse me ever again of disdain for the mili
Ah Tex, I finally figured out how to view your comments. I can only say this, your comments are totally unfair. My reponse to you on the other post focused only on basic necessities, not designer clothes and lavish accomodations and furnishings. My contention that the "average" American family of four cannot properly live on $35,548.00; the maximum income level to qualify for WIC, the EIC and various programs and tax breaks. I corrected mysel
Tex, I am unable to see this post, could you reply and just copy and paste your original entry. For some reason I can never see the original post and I am forced to kind of catch on to what's going on by the post title and replies. Also, I did finally get around to responding to you on the other welfare post this morning. <img src
But since I doubt you have any understanding of British politics (as most of the British have no understanding of American politics) I can't really take offence at the glib manner with which you brush off Blair's ongoing campaign to be remembered as the first British President. I think Emporer, that rig
Americans need to look past the view of Blair as 'brave' with the "spirit of Churchill" and appreciate the damage that Blair's presidential style of government is doing to British democracy. I suspect it would be impossible to give a quick lesson on British
because the more students they have that qualify (i.e., more low income students), the more funding the school will receive You make it sound almost as though they receive MORE money if someone is low income which is not the case. These administrators may si
And you are wrong. Many schools ENCOURAGE all parents, even those who doubt they will qualify, to fill out the application forms. I'm not sure how the funding works, but I do know that I have heard many administrators at many different schools tell the parents to fill them out because the more students they have that qualify (i.e
Now this has really got me mad, I just looked it up and you must earn only $35,458 if married and filing a joint return in order to qualify for WIC or EIC. I can't speak for all areas of the country, but I can tell you that in Metro Atlanta, $35.458 is just about enough to pay for rent and part of your utilites. I won't give myself as an example because I have a five bedroom house, but I work with a girl who rents a three bedroom apartment, p
Most of the things that locamama listed are dual purpose. WIC not only benefits families but also farmers. Subsidized lunches benefit the schools financially (school administration encourages all parents to apply for reduced price lunches). And of course, Earned Income Credit is
This is excatly what I see on my screen. I see the Citizen Island Dog has created a post titled Louisiana Officials Indicted Before Katrina Hit, but I have nothing in the body of the post, then the next things is drmiler's response. Any ideas why I can't see island's post?? <TD class="mb-Body-Q