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WCDT strips 4190-4194 (3rd - 7th February 2020)
Is it cold in here?:
You're required to have it even if you're left no way to get it.
Tova:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 08 Feb 2020, 01:38 ---You're required to have it even if you're left no way to get it.
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You keep using that word...
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: brasca on 07 Feb 2020, 07:38 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 06 Feb 2020, 23:37 ---Well, I suggested that Roko go to a lawyer with political ambitions. However, it looks like Jeph has decided to go one step further. To have a seriously important public figure, genius and, let's be brutal here, defence contractor say that the current situation for May is entirely unacceptable to him. That will make the politicians sit up, take notice and, likely, panic. It will be curious to see how all these barriers to May getting help never really existed at all and how much the bureaucrats will insist that they never blocked, refused or were even aware of Roko's request for a review.
That said, yeah, Hanners is right. Between here and there is going to be a serious mess of rage, fear, political ass-covering and scapegoat-finding and it's going to be a difficult thing to live through for all involved and their friends.
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The problem is it’s still a quick fix from someone who could make it happen.
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Not to mention that nearly noone wins when politicians panic.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Tova on 08 Feb 2020, 02:20 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 08 Feb 2020, 01:38 ---You're required to have it even if you're left no way to get it.
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You keep using that word...
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Not having it incurs a fine.
Weird fact: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act was ultimately only deemed Constitutional by the Supreme Court by way of the PPAC falling under Congress's power to create new taxes.
If that isn't telling of our country's bureaucratic shenanigans, I don't know what is.
Penquin47:
--- Quote ---Okay... not totally clear. "your income tax returned to you? I can only assume you don't get your entire income tax returned to if you have coverage. Can you be more precise?
Does it mean that a portion of your tax is some kind of a health care levy which is returnable only if you can show proof of health care coverage?
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Income tax is taken out of your paycheck every time you get paid. At the end of the year, you're given a statement of how much tax you paid, which you then take to a tax return service to figure out how much you should have paid. If you didn't pay enough, then you have to pay the balance at that point; if you paid too much, you tell the government and they send you a check (or in modern times deposit it into your bank account).
However, if you can't show that you have health insurance, you don't get the tax return if you overpaid throughout the year. They just keep the excess as a penalty for not having health insurance.'
This is why despite being single and childless I tell my employers I have two dependents so they withhold less in taxes. I've had my taxes within a hundred dollars either way for the last ten years (one time I managed to hit it perfectly and had a tax return of $0!) thanks to how shit is structured. Suits me fine - the government is not getting an interest-free loan from me and I don't have the "omg I'm gonna get a huge tax return!" that leads to it being spent three times before I even get it.
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