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[RatBastard]

$130k is not middle class.

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

$130k is not middle class.

Its barely above the poverty level for a family of four. How do those people live? How do you even finance a summer home in the Hamptons on that?!?

[Yada]

$130k is not middle class.

In DC it sure as hell isn't... you're damn near poor.

[atomic]

$130k is not middle class.

Working poor, I guess.  I wonder why they decide what your pay for these deductions and credit is?  I donate the max to our 401k's but it still doesn't allow me to take some.  Our in-laws are adopting kids like they are going out of style and they get like 13,000 dollars per adoption and the phase out for that begins near 200k.  And why can't you deduct private schooling for primary education but you get credits for private colleges.  None of this stuff makes sense.     

[atomic]

Many of you know my pro-more-baby policies.  But I just discovered something.  There is a tax credit of 1000 dollars if you have a baby.  But wait a second people in my income bracket can't get the tax credit.  If you have a family income of over 130k you get zero dollars for having a baby.  So basically if you are middle class you don't get money for making a baby but if you are lower class and probably won't pay for your kid to go to college here is 1000 bucks to gamble away while you leave your kid in the car in freezing temperatures.

How does this encourage Atomic to make babies?  I am very disappointed in our lawmakers. 

maybe society does not want Atomic having babies... 

Society is making a mistake in judgement.

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

Here, here! If I don't have children, why can't I get a voucher to use my contributions towards my construction costs for a walk-in humidor?? Urban haute bourgeoise uber alles!!

[i am gay and i like cats]

i dont have children . . . and i want a voucher, for being fabulous.

[atomic]

i dont have children . . . and i want a voucher, for being fabulous.

If it were up to me I would give you a voucher.  But a voucher for what?  Free Cheese?

[RatBastard]

I am a white straight middle class male non-drinker non-drug user married for 35 years two sons pay my bills on time.  I want a voucher to help me pay for all the lazy people and those in society who continue to make poor choices that I am footing the bill for but I won't vote for you simply because you give me free shit.

[i am gay and i like cats]

voucher for this

http://shop.beekman1802.com/products/beekman-1802-blaak-cheese

why yes!

[atomic]

I am a white straight middle class male non-drinker non-drug user married for 35 years two sons pay my bills on time.  I want a voucher to help me pay for all the lazy people and those in society who continue to make poor choices that I am footing the bill for but I won't vote for you simply because you give me free shit.

What does drinking have to do with anything?  Drinkers pay more taxes.  I would more likely to give you a voucher for a wheel or two of 1802 cheese if you did drink. 

[RatBastard]

I am a white straight middle class male non-drinker non-drug user married for 35 years two sons pay my bills on time.  I want a voucher to help me pay for all the lazy people and those in society who continue to make poor choices that I am footing the bill for but I won't vote for you simply because you give me free shit.

What does drinking have to do with anything?  Drinkers pay more taxes.  I would more likely to give you a voucher for a wheel or two of 1802 cheese if you did drink. 

My point exactly.

[atomic]

Here, here! If I don't have children, why can't I get a voucher to use my contributions towards my construction costs for a walk-in humidor?? Urban haute bourgeoise uber alles!!

Because I hate the smell of cigar smoke.

[atomic]

So I did some research and 50k is the median household income in the US.  The top 5 percent is 150k.  The top 1 percent is 250k. 

So the bad news on this is even I got to be at the top 1 percent level I would still not be able to buy the BMW M6 Grand Coupe that I so desperately need.  So maybe the hippies should back off the 1 percenters.  You need to have more money than that to be rich. 

The real problem is not the 1 percenters.  Most of these guys are just doctors and attorneys.  It is the guys making 40 million a year that are the issues.

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

I would still not be able to buy the BMW M6 Grand Coupe that I so desperately need. 

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