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    Quote Originally Posted by Killer
    i'm not married... and i only make 30,000 a year.... so i guess by your standards i'm retarded and i don't work hard....



    my guess for the reason they are targeting those who pay less in taxes is because most of them will be younger people like me... i'm 22 and a male... my logic is... "FREE MONEY!!!!!!!!!!! I'M GONNA SPEND THAT ****!!!!" (theoretically speaking).... older people tend to make more, and save more... they know any smarter person that gets free cash is gonna save it for a rainy day or pay off some debt... not put it back into the economy....
    agreed. im 20 and right now we are in a time where the economy is hurting. i am a student and work as much about 40 hours a week and go to school about 15 hours a week which means i dont even have the OPPORTUNITY to make the money that i would like to. yes you guys have done well for yourselves... bravo. but that also means that your cost of living is higher by choice. you werent forced into a large home or forced into a nice car or anything like that. if taxes are killing you then you should not let so much of your wages go out the door. i live in a mediocre apt and drive a car that is payed off and pay for minimum insurance on my car/apt/health/dental... and so on. i have a discounted cell phone plan and half my groceries with my g/f. now i am still not poor by any means but for me to get a moral boosting check of $600 would be phenomenal. that means i could buy something for my car that would perhaps make me wake up and say hey... i dont mind going to work and school because i just purchased something nice for myself and im still not hurting to pay the bills. now that i am in a positive mood theres no telling what i may do. i might say hey... lets go out and eat. now from one check i have put money into the economy in 2 small ways that i would not have before. now times that by about a a 1/4 of a billion people and were talking some serious economy boosting. if you make over $75,000 dollars a year you are putting plenty of money into the economy anyway and if you need a $600 check to make you spend a little money then you are obviously of the jewish culture. AND... if you guys do your taxes right then you are getting plenty...PLENTY back on returns already. yes they take a lot and you will never fully get it back but as far as im concerned its pretty fairly proportioned.

    bottom line on taxes: you got an education and found a good paying job and made a sh*t ton more money than i did. so therefore you are reaping the benefits of your well paying job. its called "adjusted gross income" for a reason. because its what you actually made. think of it as you not paying taxes but your company pays them for you if it makes you happier.



    now im sure somewhere along the lines i missed a point i was trying to make or something but i think the gov't is on the right path by limiting the group of people who will receive a check. granted i will get a check if this is passed so i have no reason to complain. but you will have a far better chance of having $600 in expendable cash in this "recession" than i will.

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    Quote Originally Posted by clean_sol
    agreed. im 20 and right now we are in a time where the economy is hurting. i am a student and work as much about 40 hours a week and go to school about 15 hours a week which means i dont even have the OPPORTUNITY to make the money that i would like to. yes you guys have done well for yourselves... bravo. but that also means that your cost of living is higher by choice. you werent forced into a large home or forced into a nice car or anything like that. if taxes are killing you then you should not let so much of your wages go out the door. i live in a mediocre apt and drive a car that is payed off and pay for minimum insurance on my car/apt/health/dental... and so on. i have a discounted cell phone plan and half my groceries with my g/f. now i am still not poor by any means but for me to get a moral boosting check of $600 would be phenomenal. that means i could buy something for my car that would perhaps make me wake up and say hey... i dont mind going to work and school because i just purchased something nice for myself and im still not hurting to pay the bills. now that i am in a positive mood theres no telling what i may do. i might say hey... lets go out and eat. now from one check i have put money into the economy in 2 small ways that i would not have before. now times that by about a a 1/4 of a billion people and were talking some serious economy boosting. if you make over $75,000 dollars a year you are putting plenty of money into the economy anyway and if you need a $600 check to make you spend a little money then you are obviously of the jewish culture. AND... if you guys do your taxes right then you are getting plenty...PLENTY back on returns already. yes they take a lot and you will never fully get it back but as far as im concerned its pretty fairly proportioned.

    bottom line on taxes: you got an education and found a good paying job and made a sh*t ton more money than i did. so therefore you are reaping the benefits of your well paying job. its called "adjusted gross income" for a reason. because its what you actually made. think of it as you not paying taxes but your company pays them for you if it makes you happier.



    now im sure somewhere along the lines i missed a point i was trying to make or something but i think the gov't is on the right path by limiting the group of people who will receive a check. granted i will get a check if this is passed so i have no reason to complain. but you will have a far better chance of having $600 in expendable cash in this "recession" than i will.


    Im sure he meant people that have a higher cost of living, a "mediocre" as you say apartment in places like san francisco or hell even buckhead are around 1500$ a month, and thats a one bedroom. Around where i live, a 2 bedroom apartment is 525-550 a month. Same concept goes for housing, a house like mine goes for 250,000-350,000 in california EASILY.
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