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Old 07-01-2025, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
No, it really doesn't help low income seniors. We're not "ahead" in any department. If we were in a financial position to have to pay more tax, it'd mean we were earning a lot more income than we are now. That'd be a great thing.

The fact that we don't pay income tax means we're TOO POOR. There's nothing "ahead" about that.

Getting an additional $6000 bonus won't do us ANY good, at all. It gives people who are NOT poor a bonus, and poor people continue to be poor.
I guess I need a definition of "too poor". If one is making ends meet and living a lifestyle in a nice community, I don't consider them poor or needing assistance. Many seniors don't pay income tax now and collect their SS benefits and are able to make ends meet. Why are we subsidizing that situation which many of our parents and grandparents lived through without handouts?