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blueraven2/08/2011 8:05:51 am PST

re: #133 mr.fusion

Here’s what I don’t get

We’re approaching tax time…I, the child-less mr.fusion, will have to pay more in taxes this year than someone making the exact same amount of money as I am if they have children. I have made the lifestyle choice not to have children. The federal government is taxing my inaction. How is this different (or more constitutional) than taxing someone who chooses not to have health insurance.

I think it’s time to end the government mandate that we all have children.

I think you should look at this a bit differently. You are not being taxed more, the people with children are being taxed less.
Children are a huge expense, and rightly deserve a tax exemption.