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Old 03-28-2011, 12:32 PM   #461
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Originally Posted by Slava View Post
In all honesty I was at first pretty impressed with this. Would my vote be bought? Possibly (I'm a total whore)....maybe even have another kid and really cut those taxes! But seriously making plans to spend the money before we have it....thats just stupid. I won't be promising my wife a house that we can look at buying five years from now based on an increased income either. So much for fiscal responsibility I suppose.
That's not what it is, though!

It's a conditional promise: "If we have money in five years, then you'll get a tax break if you have a kid. Maybe. If you haven't forgotten by then."

It's as though you told your wife "we can buy a house five years from now, if we can afford it." It's not really a promise at all, it's just kicking the can down the road.

Hopefully people can see through this. If you can't afford to promise a tax break NOW, then don't promise one at all. Weakest campaign promise ever.
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