Settling Up
Apr 18th, 2008 at 6:38 am by Susie
After doing my taxes Tuesday, it looks like my refund is enough to cover the taxes I still owe on my unemployment compensation from 2000. (Which means I’ll never see it, but that’s okay. It’s one big monkey off my back.)
That was the ultimate Republican slam against the working class. It was thanks to Ronald Reagan that unemployment checks were taxed for the first time - to cover his hefty tax cuts for the wealthy. Imagine the kind of mentality that said, “Hmm. I know, let’s tax the unemployed! It’s not as if they really need the money…”
