I make less than 40k a year, and have a family. I don't pay Federal Income Tax, because I am exempt due to the amount of money I make.
I don't think it is the government's right to give me a check each year as a "tax refund" or "child tax credit". I do however accept the money because it is given to me. I have voted against it, but I seem to be in the minority.
I am where I am at simply because this is where I settled. If I were smarter, or more motivated, etc, I could probably make more money.
The thing is, people get payed for the most part for the work they do, or the time they put in, whether they kiss more ass, or work harder.
Why should someone who doesn't do as much get as much? Where is the competitiveness?
One of the biggest lessons my dad taught me was "Life isn't fair"
He didn't tell me that, he taught me that by setting up contests between me and my little brother.
He had us carry dirt from a pile to an area where he was building a set of steps. We used coffee cans. For each coffee can of dirt we delivered we got a nickel. I was faster than my little brother, so my dad filled a wheel borrow and parked it 5 feet from the drop off point, and said only my brother could use that dirt, and I had to go the 50 feet to the pile.
Dang that isn't fair I told him. He said life isn't fair. And if your brother makes more money than you, you don't get any money, so you better work longer and harder if you want any money.
Did I hate my dad for it? No.
Did I learn a lesson? Yes.
I don't think it is the government's right to give me a check each year as a "tax refund" or "child tax credit". I do however accept the money because it is given to me. I have voted against it, but I seem to be in the minority.
I am where I am at simply because this is where I settled. If I were smarter, or more motivated, etc, I could probably make more money.
The thing is, people get payed for the most part for the work they do, or the time they put in, whether they kiss more ass, or work harder.
Why should someone who doesn't do as much get as much? Where is the competitiveness?
One of the biggest lessons my dad taught me was "Life isn't fair"
He didn't tell me that, he taught me that by setting up contests between me and my little brother.
He had us carry dirt from a pile to an area where he was building a set of steps. We used coffee cans. For each coffee can of dirt we delivered we got a nickel. I was faster than my little brother, so my dad filled a wheel borrow and parked it 5 feet from the drop off point, and said only my brother could use that dirt, and I had to go the 50 feet to the pile.
Dang that isn't fair I told him. He said life isn't fair. And if your brother makes more money than you, you don't get any money, so you better work longer and harder if you want any money.
Did I hate my dad for it? No.
Did I learn a lesson? Yes.
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