I find your ideas very intriguing. Can I subscribe to your newsletter? -Kevin
> -----Original Message----- > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 7:13 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Child Tax Credit > > > <delurking once again> > I will be very happy to recieve my $800. I think it is > a good idea, and especially because it targets the people in > MY socio-economic status. This sounds selfish, but too bad. > I'm tired of paying my 30+ percent every payday and seeing > nothing at tax time except another bill. > > This is what I think should be done with the federal budget. > > 1. Leave the tax rate exactly the same. For now, this > will be lowered. > 2. Remove EVERY spending measure in the budget. > 3. Figuire out exactly how many dollars comes into the > federal coffers from everyone. > 4. Budget 20% for national defense > 5. Budget 20% for social programs (medicine, arts ect.) > 6. Budget 20% for infrastructure (highways, parks) > 7. Budget 20% for state spending (block grants, ect) > 8. Lower the tax rate by 20%. > 9. Every year recalculate the new amount earned and adjust. > > <relurking> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 1:23 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Child Tax Credit > > > yeah but it isnt enough money to fund the large purchases > that really would get the economy moving. It's just a huge > drain on the treasury that is ill-designed to perform its > stated politically correct purpose, yet enough to buy a few > votes. IMHO. > > Dana > > Kevin Schmidt writes: > > > You must be right near the phase out > > > > once a single parent hits $75,000 in annual income or a two-parent > > family > with two kids makes $110,000, the increased child credit > phases out and is gone for virtually all by about $150,000. > > > > I am certainly happy to get the $400 check for my son. Not > sure what > > is > more pressing, certainly getting the economy moving is, IMHO, > the most pressing thing right now. > > > > > > > > ><soapbox> > > > > > >Okay, this is going to p$ss a lot of people off. I just got my > > >$1200.00 check from the government yesterday. Why, > because I have 3 > > >kids. Do I > need > > >it? No. Did I ask to be paid to have kids? No. Am I > going to spend > > >it? No, I'll bank it for when the next administration decides that > > >deficits really aren't that great of an idea. > > > > > >And before any of you say "send it here if you don't want it", I'm > > >not saying that I don't want it. I'm saying that there are more > > >pressing > needs > > >right now than to give a $1200.00 tax credit to a six figure > > >household, unless of course you're trying to get re-elected ( or > > >elected depending > on > > >your view :) ) to a second term. > > > > > ></soapbox> > > > > > > > > >Marlon > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
