tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400390336523591685.post1100669130981960823..comments2023-08-24T08:56:06.522-05:00Comments on Rhymes With Clown: Unitended consequences and health care reformJeremy R. Shownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11303377672028774152noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400390336523591685.post-64672192025895440632009-08-12T12:47:02.952-05:002009-08-12T12:47:02.952-05:00Uninteneded....
For a bazillion years or so, the ...Uninteneded....<br /><br />For a bazillion years or so, the 'per-child' standard deduction was $600.00. <br /><br />IIRC, that number was set in 1950 or so and perdured until the mid-1980's.<br /><br />And you saw what happened to family-size during that period, too.<br /><br />Reagan, then Bush2, both saw the reality and acted.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400390336523591685.post-41631912636995652542009-08-12T12:43:17.668-05:002009-08-12T12:43:17.668-05:00You'll be happy to know that the Feds Poverty ...You'll be happy to know that the Feds Poverty guideline for a family of 8 is $37,010... so we're not living below the poverty level. Yet. Another baby might push us over the edge though. :) <br /><br />We do qualify for free/reduced school lunches. But since that free lunch comes with several hours of "socialization" I think we'll pass.Your Lovely Wifenoreply@blogger.com