From: 61rroger@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 9:09:32 PM UTC-5, Michael Trew wrote:   
   > On 11/27/2021 14:14, Roger House wrote:    
   > > I thought of a different way of asking my old "tax breaks" question.    
   > >    
   > > How come "they", (the government?), SEEM TO never give tax breaks to the   
   kind/type of people who could/would ACTUALLY benefit from them? Like   
   restaurant dishwashers, trash collectors, janitors, etc. In other words, to   
   use a term, the type of people    
   that MIGHT be living paycheck to paycheck. To use another term, "the working   
   poor" as it's said. Or, in other words, why do they SEEM TO give tax breaks   
   only to the kind of people that, when it comes to how much money they   
   have/make, don't NEED them?    
   > >    
   > > One more thing, in a similar vein. As near as I can tell, so-called   
   "trickle down" economics, also known as Reaganomics, does NOT work, or trickle   
   down. In other words, AFAIK, and I COULD be wrong, using my example from   
   above, the working poor NEVER    
   see any, (direct to?), benefit to their financial situation from trickle down   
   economics.   
   > I don't know why the poor would need tax breaks... in the US, anyway. I    
   > make very little money. Actually, below the poverty level. I live    
   > well, with no assistance. I own my own house, saved up for years    
   > working full time to buy it with cash and fix it up.    
   >    
   > Anyway, my point is, that in my income bracket, basically all of the    
   > income tax that I pay comes back to me when I do my taxes. ...AND THEN    
   > SOME, in the form of all of these direct-deposit and tax refund credits,    
   > simply because I have a child under the age of 18.   
   >   
      
   Maybe I'm just looking at it/thinking about it wrong.  Here's a quick, bottom   
   line way of saying how it "comes across" or "seems" to me.  They SEEM TO   
   always give tax breaks to the kind of people who already have plenty of money.   
      
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