Comments on: Hey Congress, Why Don’t You…? Eliminate Benefits for Having Kids

By: 11 Potentially Life Changing Year End Tax Strategies | taxgirl

11 Potentially Life Changing Year End Tax Strategies | taxgirl — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:36:55 +0000

[...] Have a baby. Okay, babies are mostly cute. They’re also expensive. And stinky. And whether you agree that it’s good tax policy or not, there are significant tax breaks associated with having children including increased exemptions [...]

By: 11 Potentially Life Changing Year End Tax Strategies - Forbes

11 Potentially Life Changing Year End Tax Strategies - Forbes — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:39:57 +0000

By: Michael Dean

Michael Dean — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:03:08 +0000

The fact is that the average Muslim Nation Resident has 8.5 children, the average American Nation Resident has 2. Therefore by 2050 Europe will be almost completely Muslim. I’m not saying that’s bad or good, that’s for your personal taste and belief to decide, it’s just a fact. So not long after that, if the childbearing rates stay the same, the entire world will be different and this discussion may not matter at all. A new set of laws will be put into effect by the majority. Again, no offense to Muslim or non-Muslim, just facts to educate.

By: Nikki Kratzner

Nikki Kratzner — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:43:28 +0000

Umm, actually Kitty, that little flashing ad on your computer that says “young mothers get 10k back on going to school!” is just a scam to get you to pay a company to file your financial aid forms for you. There is no new “irresponsible” knocked up chick reward for going back to school. It’s the same benefits everyone has available to them. You might get more student aid for having a kid, but you’re also pumping more money into the economy while you’re raising them. And just like everyone else in this country, you get pleanty of tax breaks and education grants handed to you. If you decided not to look for them then that’s your loss.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:56:36 +0000

Thank you! I agree! I feel like our government rewards people for being irresponsible. I saw an advertisement saying “young mothers get 10k back on going to school!” so because I’m responsible and chose to wait until I can afford to have a child I don’t get any tax breaks or education grants handed to me.

By: June

June — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:16:43 +0000

Speaking purely from a capitalist financial aspect…. Children are not just children, they are future of the country. A lone stag will be productive for only so many years, but a family with kids will be assets generation after generation.

It’s true ,
June

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:37:20 +0000

Nikki,
That’s hysterical!

And all else,
For the record, my dream of making enough money as a lawyer to become a poet might not have happened but I do write a mean haiku…

By: Nikki Kratzner

Nikki Kratzner — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:40:55 +0000

I just think of the tax breaks as being a little nudge and wink from the IRS for providing them with future tax payers.

By: Urbie

Urbie — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:21:26 +0000

Never mind credits and deductions — people with kids should have to pay an impact fee for each child. Don’t laugh — that’s what a lot of jurisdictions are doing; unfortunately, it’s politically incorrect to charge for kids directly, so they have to charge for building new houses. But it’s pretty much the same thing. Why not cut to the chase and charge per kid?

Urb

By: Jeff Day

Jeff Day — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:50:45 +0000

If David Smith thinks it is bad that there are tax breaks for the children, what is his feelings concerning earned income credits? The damocrats are increasing those again this year dramatically. This system, as well as all other welfare programs, also encourages parents to not be married.

If David Smith thinks it is bad there are tax breaks for the children, he is going to get a real eye-opener, when the socialists want a single parent to be paid more for their work than a single person, “It isn’t fair, that a person has to raise children on the same income as a person just supporting himself gets!”

If David Smith thinks it is bad there are tax breaks for the children, he is going to get an even more real eye-opener, when the socialists want to take the monies he is able to save in retirement savings accounts and not have to spend on a family, and allocate it to the social security system so all can be treated fairly. Then it will save for several more years the largest ponzi scheme of all times called the Social Security System.

Jeff Day EA
Evansville, IN