Seriously pissed me off!!!...
I saw this through a persons blog on my SIR. I must say having been a single-WORKING mother for 10+ years to say it pissed me off would be an understatement!! I will post what this person had to say, along with my comment to them.
IT'S YOUR MONEY I just don't get it. Oh, the incessant whining that families earning around $26,000 per year or less won't get the retro-active $400 per child tax refund check this summer!
Let's say I am checking my receipt as I walk out of Wal-Mart and discover that I was charged twice for one $10 item. While standing in line at the customer service desk to correct this overpayment, the person behind me sees that I'm getting a $10 refund. Of course, I'm entitled to the refund, because Wal-Mart took more of my money than they should have. But the clown behind me is only in line to get change for a dollar. Yet he sees me getting a $10 refund, and now he wants one too.
Now if Wal-Mart gives him a $10 refund, when in fact he never gave Wal-Mart so much as a penny anyway, one of a couple of things is going to happen. 1) either Wal-Mart is going to get deeper and deeper in debt until their deficit spending bankrupts them, or 2) they are going to begin to overcharge shoppers like me to cover their losses.
But unlike the federal government, Wal-Mart is not stupid. Both of these solutions are unacceptable to the bottom line. They aren't going to give refunds when they don't overcharge. They aren't going to give refunds when they aren't warranted. But these ideas somehow make sense to Uncle Sam.
If you haven't figured it out by now, the reason families of around $26,000 / year or less will not get, and should not get, a $400 per child rebate on their taxes is because THEY NEVER PAID IN ANY TAXES TO BE REFUNDED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Yes, it might look nice that I'm going to get a check. But it would be a far better thing for me not to have paid anything at all like those that shouldn't be getting a credit refund. Even after I get my check, I will have paid far more than those not getting a check. And you know what my tax money is doing? Funding the Earned Income Tax Credit for these same other families. That's right. Somewhere along the line, someone didn't think it fair that some people, WHO HAD OVER PAID THEIR TAXES, should get a tax refund check, while those WHO PAID IN NOTHING, did not get a check. THEREFORE, the Earned Income Tax Credit was devised to give a refund to people who never even paid.
Simply put, the government robs "citizen A" to give to "citizen B." And now, there is talk that the increased child credit should be extended to even those who PAID IN NOTHING, indeed, those who already got an undeserved check from the government in the form of the Earned Income Tax Credit, a check that confiscates the property of one citizen and gives it to another.
Is it any wonder the government can't get a grip on it's own pocketbook? Politicians buy votes with our tax dollars. Don't be fooled.
posted by Yorel
My comment to this in gray...
Ok first off being a single-mother that made only (appx)$22,000 a year, for 9 yrs YES they do take taxes out! They take the same damn percentage out that they do for everyone else...sorry that my paychecks didn't come backed with a degree or a 5 star job...but they took my money just the same! I worked 50+ hrs a week for that measly 22 grand a year and it wasn't at McDonald's! I busted my ass for a shitty 10 bucks an hour! Let's not even get into the fact that the MEN who were doing the same fkn job, EXACTLY THE SAME JOB, made an average of $2.oo more/hour then I did. EIC you get when you file head of household. Granted people that make $40+ grand a year pay more...but they make alot more too! I could see if someone on Welfare was asking for more handouts but from what I get here that's not the case!
If you have never been in a single parent situation and being happy just to have a damn job then DON'T KILL THE MESSENGER!
Not everyone is blessed with the ability to afford a better lifestyle, but that does not give you the right to talk down to the blue-collar workers!
I take it you don't live in a glass house. You should watch who you throw stones at!
Mind you 22 grand isn't alot of money...but ya know some people are just happy to have a fkn job!! Do you not think they want to make more money?? Sorry not all can afford to go to college right out of high school. Some people actually have to go out and work and do physical labor RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL!! Not everyone knows a friend of a friend that can get them a cozy little job making a substantail salary a week!!
Ya know that corner mechanic that fixes your car?? He prolly makes less the $26 grand a year and bet he get's EIC...tell him this and see how he "fixes" your car the next time! Ya know that fast food you love to eat or buy?? Well tell this to them...they obviously make less money and let's just see what they "put" in your food!! How about the men and women that serve the country?? many are young and raising families making very little money. Tell this to them and see how they protect your ass in the future!!
If it wasn't for us "little" people then How the hell would you get by?! To say that we don't contribute and are basically welfare recipients...BS!! I must have been doin somethin wrong cuz I wasn't gettin any help from welfare!!
*shakes head*
Get a clue!
BTW...out of my $22,000 a year (gross pay mind you)...I paid into the federal Govt alone over 5 grand...now add in your SS, state and city tax. DON'T TELL ME I DIDN'T PAY ANY FKN TAXES!! You live off 200 bucks a week, raising a child by yourself and tell me you don't deserve shit!!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr..... | 
Hope you have a great week. 
and {{{hugs}}}
) but I know they tax me like there is no tomorrow.