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“I get valuable government benefits in my mortgage home deduction, childcare tax credits, my employer health benefits aren’t taxed,” says Gilman. “Those are inc
by 4RealFreedom 8y ago
“I get valuable government benefits in my mortgage home deduction, childcare tax credits, my employer health benefits aren’t taxed,” says Gilman. “Those are income transfers just as much as food stamps or welfare but I am not put through intrusive questioning, verification requirements, home visits, or anything like that to get those benefits.” This is disingenuous if not flat out fallacious. They certainly are not the same and I continue seeing this type of rhetoric repeated more and more lately.
- forrestthewoods 8y agoPeople have lost the ability to make the distinction between “taking less from someone” and “giving someone something”. Food stamps is giving someone something. A deduction of any kind is taking less from someone. These days people, whether they realize it or not, act as if the government has a natural right to everything you produce. And anytime the government takes less it’s welfare. If the government takes 50% but offers a rebate or a deduction to reduce the rake to 30% people are acting as if you should grateful! As if that were a handout! Suffice to say I disagree with this type of thinking.
- beat 8y agoI'm reminded of an observation a friend once made... "Light rail is how middle class people get to work. Bus is how poor people pick up their welfare checks." That's his nutshell parody of the mentality that makes rail projects okay, while buses are still bad. What makes it "welfare" is that it benefits poor people, not that the money comes from the government. What makes welfare "bad" is that it benefits poor people, not the middle class or the rich.