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Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
- Apr 26, 2008 at 9:56 PM
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I came across the government website where I discovered something very interesting about the package, we are all not getting the same amount. And as with everything the government does it’s hard to understand why and what you are getting.
Then as I was reading down the list I realize those who need it the most of course are getting the least. Don’t get me wrong, we pay in a lot and I’m glad we are getting a good amount back (that is if I understand half of what is written.)
But people like single moms who support 2 children and receive some benefits may receive almost nothing. For example: the parent that the children live with gets to claim the children unless it’s a court order. So if you are a mother of 2 or more children and your EX gets to claim the children on his taxes, he will get more money from the stimulus package. And if that mother receives benefits from the government it looks like she will receive less then if she were single with no children. And GOD forbid you are handicapped or elderly, just give it up you may only receive $300.00
Again this is if I am reading all this correctly, I’ve been at it for hours trying to help out my sister, some friends and an elderly neighbor.
You can’t tell me that a father who pays child support is paying for every last penny of their child’s expenses when the child lives with their mother. I am sure they pay a lot, but the father still has to pay for a place to live, a car, gas and on and on. He couldn’t possible pay for everything and I doubt it’s even half. So the mother of the children that live with her receive some benefits from the state and now they are going to cut even the stimulus package!
Now if you are a single working mother of 2 qualifying children and you can claim head of household you will fair a bit better. However, I am married, mother of 2, I don’t work at all and we will still receive almost double the amount as a single working mother with 2 children – JUST because we’re married.
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p2of9, I don't think you are argumentative, I think you are RIGHT! That's just crazy, that your dh pays all that and you can't claim that child. You guys need to go back to court- wow!
I was thinking more of my sisters case and others like it, well like yours, where the father pays so little or in my sisters case NOTHING at all. And the state does NOTHING to find him, even tho my sister has given them the information again and again.
Again don't get me wrong, we pay a good amount in and we need every penny we are getting back, but it's just not right that I don't work at all and I get more than a single working mom of 2.
My mother in law collects SSI and will only get $300.00. She's retired and 75 years old. She owns her home, but she still has taxes, heat, food, health exp. I get $600 because I'm married, she only gets $300 because she gets insurance and a few food stamps!
You are reading this correctly. I work in a tax office and all of our elderly had been informed incorrectly on how much they would receive. SInce I have been knee deep in the research of how all of this was being handled, I got the pleasure of informing them how much they were truly getting.
The super sad part is if it had been changed to where elderly and single parents got more than married couples, many of the married couples (not saying you in particular, or even me for that matter) would throw a huge uproar. I have a friend who has 8 children and is married, she needs this money BAD so if it had worked out differently she would march her tushy down to DC and roll some heads. Not saying its right or not, just how it is. I personally don't think they should have done this. It's not going to help us in the least bit. Sure I will take our check and use it on bills, but mypersonal opinion is its a bandaid on something that needs surgery.
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"You can’t tell me that a father who pays child support is paying for every last penny of their child’s expenses when the child lives with their mother. I am sure they pay a lot, but the father still has to pay for a place to live, a car, gas and on and on. He couldn’t possible pay for everything and I doubt it’s even half. So the mother of the children that live with her receive some benefits from the state and now they are going to cut even the stimulus package! "
Not being argumentative or anything, but I do know one. My dh pays $500-$600 a month (depending on how many Fridays per month) on a $13/ hr income. This is for 1 KID!! She lives with her mom and her mom's perpetual fiancee (engaged for 4 years) in a trailer. BM owns the trailer; rent for the lot is $75--yes, $75 rent!-- a month. SD goes to a public school with book fees of $75 per year, which dh pays. She gets breakfast and lunch free at school, so her mother provides 1 meal per day, and 6 per day every other weekend. The child's grandma buys all her school clothes, and we buy all her clothes for at our house. Her mother does not work, and the fiancee only works sporadically. Can my husband claim her on his taxes? No, he cannot, because bm has her more than 6 mos out of the year. It doesn't matter that dh supports her entirely, only physical placement matters.
We don't get the extra money for her, because dh couldn't claim her.
I get $217 a month for 2 of my kids, so I did get to claim them.
The whole thing is messed up if you ask me. People who live on SSI should get the money too. God knows they need it more than someone at the high end of the bracket.
- p2of9
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