I thought you were a conservative, Fred. But in your effort to be contrarian, you are arguing like an extreme liberal. You want handouts, just like all those other liberals.
Singles subsidize married couples and their children. On your tax return you get to take deductions for your children. Who pays for your tax deduction for kids? Not you, you get the benefit. Singles pay for your deduction. Why should you get a deduction for your children? You made them, you pay to raise them!
Who pays for the public schools? Yes, both you and singles pay taxes, so that you don't have to pay any tuition for grade school through high school and then minimal tuition for college. But who gets the benefits? You do. Singles don't. You made those kids. You should fully pay for their education. Why should singles have to help pay for the public schools, to subsidize your kids, so they can attend for free or nominal amounts?
Just think about how much private schools cost, from grade school through prep school, then how much private universities cost. Add them up for each child. How about paying all that yourself instead of getting a subsidized ride, since you made those kids? Or do you prefer to have singles continue to help subsidize your kids' education?
And yet this isn't enough. You want still more handouts. You want singles to subsidize your retirement too. Typical liberal.
Fred, if you vote for Oh-Bumma, he might like your proposal. After all, he is the most liberal senator in the US. Liberals like class warfare and take great pleasure in soaking the hard workers and achievers, in the name of making everybody "equal".
OMG, you teach them how to save and invest. If you want to lean on SS for your retirement, you will live on a "fixed income." It's up to use how to make the most out of money. You can work for it or let it work for you.
