tweoijfoi wrote:Cool. I agree about the generational welfare thing... We humans are animals. You take an injured animal and feed it until it's well, then release it. If you wait too long, it becomes dependent and less likely to survive again in the wild. Worse yet is feeding an animal who isn't even injured. Then they just become dependent and helpless--a pet. I don't mean to call just poor people animals :) we're all animals.
As for the tax code, what do you define as "truly destitute"? Below the official poverty level?
The official Poverty threshold 2010
2009/2010 HHS Poverty Guidelines
For all states (except Alaska and Hawaii) and for the District of Columbia
Size of family
unit 100
Percent
of Poverty 110
Percent
of Poverty 125
Percent
of Poverty 150
Percent
of Poverty 175
Percent
of Poverty 185
Percent
of Poverty 200
Percent
of Poverty
1 $10,830 $11,913 $13,538 $16,245 $18,953 $20,036 $21,660
2 $14,570 $16,027 $18,213 $21,855 $25,498 $26,955 $29,140
3 $18,310 $20,141 $22,888 $27,465 $32,043 $33,874 $36,620
4 $22,050 $24,255 $27,563 $33,075 $38,588 $40,793 $44,100
5 $25,790 $28,369 $32,238 $38,685 $45,133 $47,712 $51,580
6 $29,530 $32,483 $36,913 $44,295 $51,678 $54,631 $59,060
7 $33,270 $36,597 $41,588 $49,905 $58,223 $61,550 $66,540
8 $37,010 $40,711 $46,263 $55,515 $64,768 $68,469 $74,020
so,
a family of 4 making at 150 % of Poverty should pay some Fed Incom Tax..
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