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I've been receiving the whatever stipend from the government that is supposedly just an advance on your child tax credit for next year. I've been taking the money every month and setting it aside because I don't need it, didn't want it, and I expect I will be fucked next year on my taxes so I wanted to make sure I have money if it comes to that. How many people are thinking they're getting some free government money and when they file their taxes they're going to get back a lot less than they normally do. I know plenty of people that rely on a few grand tax return every year to make purchases or pay down debt. There's going to be some pissed off people next year because they weren't paying attention and they have the realization they already spent their tax return.

I've been receiving the whatever stipend from the government that is supposedly just an advance on your child tax credit for next year. I've been taking the money every month and setting it aside because I don't need it, didn't want it, and I expect I will be fucked next year on my taxes so I wanted to make sure I have money if it comes to that. How many people are thinking they're getting some free government money and when they file their taxes they're going to get back a lot less than they normally do. I know plenty of people that rely on a few grand tax return every year to make purchases or pay down debt. There's going to be some pissed off people next year because they weren't paying attention and they have the realization they already spent their tax return.

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[–] • 4 pts

This is kind of like that house buying credit from a decade ago. There were two of those, one was a simple rebate, no strings, the other required you to pay it back.

I know a few who got caught in the latter and went "Wha?"

[–] • 2 pts

Yeah, just like that time the banks and 'too big to fail' corporations got bailed out and then found out they had to repay it and begrudgingly gave up their soaring profits to pay back the taxpayers. Oh wait, that didn't actually go that way at all. They got to keep the money without repayment and we all got screwed again. We are always expected, er, demanded to pay back but (((corporations))) and (((banks))) get a free ride and free money for their executive bonuses. We need a lot of rope.

[–] • 1 pt

Or how the IRS banned you gifting an item to your neighbor or indirect family member. But if a company buys shit and transfers it from GoldBerg and Associates to Steinbergs and Associates, that's fine