How can a person who does not pay taxes get a tax rebate?

Last year at this time I still had not been notified that we would be having triplets. Sure, I knew my wife was pregnant, and if this tax edit were put in, it would have granted us ZERO dollars. Not b/c of our wages, but b/c we had NO kids. Now that we have three, we are eligible for a large tax break... but the government is not GIVING us anything. They are merely taking less.

Failure to take is NOT giving. Please allow our talking heads to figure this out.

Another thing... 10% of zero is zero. 20% of zero is ZERO. 50% of ZERO is still ZERO. If you are not paying federal income tax, you are paying zero. If a percent discount (tax break) is applied, it would grant you a decrease in taxes of ZERO dollars. That should not be a difficult concept, but it is.

Now, what will we do with the extra cash... first of all, let us hope we get it. Both my wife and I work and have very little money left over for things like formula, mortgage, child care, etc. This wasnt a problem while we were DINKS. I bet it will help us to try and pay off some credit cards or allow us to refinance again. It wont make the decision a cinch to buy that yacht or to join that country club.

-Paul


Paul
Proud Father of the Simonet3
Ashlyn Elizabeth
Alexander Mattingly Paul
Abigail Marie
12-27-02, 34w4d

Paul
Ashlyn, Alexander, Abigail
12-27-02, 34w4d