Comments on: Holding Out for a Hero - Who the Heck Qualifies? http://www.taxgirl.com/holding-out-for-a-hero-who-the-heck-qualifies/ tax news, tax info and tax policy Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:48:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: RQ http://www.taxgirl.com/holding-out-for-a-hero-who-the-heck-qualifies/comment-page-1/#comment-5458 RQ Wed, 21 May 2008 21:43:47 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/holding-out-for-a-hero-who-the-heck-qualifies/#comment-5458 I'm holding out for a Gyros... I’m holding out for a Gyros…

]]> By: Wayne PHILLIPS http://www.taxgirl.com/holding-out-for-a-hero-who-the-heck-qualifies/comment-page-1/#comment-5459 Wayne PHILLIPS Wed, 21 May 2008 17:38:24 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/holding-out-for-a-hero-who-the-heck-qualifies/#comment-5459 It is about time some inequities were corrected by Congress. Good example of when compication is made more complicated, deserving folks get left out. I agree with Sean, fix the system, be it veterans and /or the tax system. It is about time some inequities were corrected by Congress. Good example of when compication is made more complicated, deserving folks get left out. I agree with Sean, fix the system, be it veterans and /or the tax system.

]]> By: Sean http://www.taxgirl.com/holding-out-for-a-hero-who-the-heck-qualifies/comment-page-1/#comment-5460 Sean Wed, 21 May 2008 15:06:03 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/holding-out-for-a-hero-who-the-heck-qualifies/#comment-5460 Sometimes its best to back up and look at the big picture (especially when one - like me - doesn't understand all the details of the situation.) First, the name alone (H.R. 6081, the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax (HEART) Act of 2008) sends the needle on my BS detector in the red. Sounds like someone spent WAY too much time trying to get political capital from applying a red, white and blue bandaid on a serious problem. Second, why not focus on the fundamental neglect of veterans that is a national embarrassment - and fix the system - instead of complicated tax credits rife with exceptions. This seems like four more rolls of red tape to wind around the poor men and women who temporary survived military service, not knowing they were in for a lifelong battle of bureaucracy. Sometimes its best to back up and look at the big picture (especially when one - like me - doesn’t understand all the details of the situation.)

First, the name alone (H.R. 6081, the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax (HEART) Act of 2008) sends the needle on my BS detector in the red. Sounds like someone spent WAY too much time trying to get political capital from applying a red, white and blue bandaid on a serious problem.

Second, why not focus on the fundamental neglect of veterans that is a national embarrassment - and fix the system - instead of complicated tax credits rife with exceptions. This seems like four more rolls of red tape to wind around the poor men and women who temporary survived military service, not knowing they were in for a lifelong battle of bureaucracy.

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