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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread

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To: dave rose who wrote (8263)5/10/2001 11:42:02 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston  Read Replies (1) of 59480
 

How do you feel about children as deductions on the income tax? This is a form of subsidization is it not


Well for one thing it has not kept up with inflation. That means children have become more and more of a tax liability over the years.

The Diminished Dependent Deduction: Dependent Deduction Hasn't
Kept Up With Inflation. The personal and dependent exemptions that
totaled $600 in 1950 was $2,500 in 1995. Unfortunately, had then
deductions merely kept pace with inflation, they would be more than
$3,800 today. In other words, these exemptions have eroded by more
than $5,200 for a family of four. (Treasury Department; JEC)
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