we also give thousands in tax breaks for 18 years for those who have children. how is that fair to those of us who have no children?
posted by queencitybuckeyeI understand the effects. I'm pretty sure I'm OK with living with them as opposed to having daddy bail us out when we screw up. I'm not 100% sure having the age of parenthood increase is altogether a bad thing.
I'm not for bailing out either, just maybe tweaking the interest that can help people pay this debt off. People are still on the hook, just instead of 7% interest, it is say like 2-3% or lower based on the total amount.
I think it is horrible that this whole time the student loan payments have been frozen they also have not been telling people you can pay the balance on the loan interest free.
You also may be good with it, but is has widen economic impact if a large number of people have to either go bankrupt, or really limit their spending
posted by geeblockwe also give thousands in tax breaks for 18 years for those who have children. how is that fair to those of us who have no children?
They do offer a tax credit on interest paid on the loans. But, it is capped at a stupid low amount. I used to hit it every year and it didn't really have an impact.
posted by ptown_trojans_1So does writing it off, reducing government revenue, which has the same effects as more billions in unfunded spending.You also may be good with it, but is has widen economic impact if a large number of people have to either go bankrupt, or really limit their spending
posted by queencitybuckeye
So does writing it off, reducing government revenue, which has the same effects as more billions in unfunded spending.
Agreed. Full fledged writing off is worse.
Of course they won't touch the real problem which is the fact that the federal government has no business being in the lending business. That should belong to the schools themselves.
posted by queencitybuckeyeOf course they won't touch the real problem which is the fact that the federal government has no business being in the lending business. That should belong to the schools themselves.
Also agreed.
posted by geeblockwe also give thousands in tax breaks for 18 years for those who have children. how is that fair to those of us who have no children?
And many people would be for eliminating that. But it's categorically different - taxing people less is very different from a handout (and I realize for some low income people, the child credits ARE a handout).
Musk apparently wants to charge for embedded tweets. Seems like a good way to kill the platform.
posted by gutMusk apparently wants to charge for embedded tweets. Seems like a good way to kill the platform.
I don’t think there’s anything on Twitter I would pay for.
posted by friendfromlowryI don’t think there’s anything on Twitter I would pay for.
I’ll go back to MySpace before I would pay one cent for Twitter or fac
posted by geeblockwe also give thousands in tax breaks for 18 years for those who have children. how is that fair to those of us who have no children?
If the population shrinks to zero, everything else is a mute point. 😉
I'd pay $12/year for twitter if it meant considerably less spam/bots.
posted by justincredibleI'd pay $12/year for twitter if it meant considerably less spam/bots.
Nice
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogieIf the population shrinks to zero, everything else is a mute point. 😉
moot
posted by QuakerOats
moot
With no people, it'd be very quiet, so it would be mute too.
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogieIf the population shrinks to zero, everything else is a mute point. 😉
Humans have been procreating for thousands of years without incentives from the government. If governments really cared about maintaining their population maybe they should not start wars. Or perhaps ban the killing of babies in the womb.
posted by geeblockwe also give thousands in tax breaks for 18 years for those who have children. how is that fair to those of us who have no children?
If you are looking for "fair" in the US tax code you are looking in the wrong place.
posted by majorsparkHumans have been procreating for thousands of years without incentives from the government. If governments really cared about maintaining their population maybe they should not start wars. Or perhaps ban the killing of babies in the womb.
Agreed on all points. My response to Geeblock was tongue in cheek.
posted by justincredibleI'd pay $12/year for twitter if it meant considerably less spam/bots.
Freetwitter.com, Justin’s next adv
posted by majorsparkHumans have been procreating for thousands of years without incentives from the government. If governments really cared about maintaining their population maybe they should not start wars. Or perhaps ban the killing of babies in the womb.
Prescient
Funny how the libtards suddenly know what a women is.
posted by FletchFunny how the libtards suddenly know what a women is.
posted by FletchFunny how the libtards suddenly know what a women is.
Suddenly? curious word to use. Also do you think allowing women the right to choose makes you a lib tard?
posted by FletchFunny how the libtards suddenly know what a women is.
Lol right....