"Concerned Women" supports tax relief for Stay-at-Home Parents

[Bluebear]

OK, when does the "Stay-at-home parent" who is receiving government benefits turn into a "welfare queen living off the government" that these type of people are always harping about?


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Contact: Stacey Holliday, Concerned Women for America, 202-488-7000 ext. 126

WASHINGTON, Mar. 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Parents Tax Relief Act (PTRA) is a family-friendly piece of legislation that would provide parents with the option and freedom to stay at home with their children by alleviating some of their financial pressures through tax breaks. Concerned Women for America (CWA) strongly supports prioritizing family and recognizes that some families are not able to financially survive on one salary. In addition to providing tax cuts, this bill would make the Child Tax Credit permanent, eliminate the Marriage Tax Penalty, extend Social Security benefits to stay-at-home parents and encourage more family-friendly employment opportunities.

CWA submitted a letter to Rep. Lee Terry (R-Nebraska) thanking him for sponsoring this much-needed legislation.

“Parents have a tremendous amount of responsibility juggling work and family. The pressure to provide financially for a family often pulls both parents outside of the home to full-time jobs. The Parents Tax Relief Act makes it more feasible to have a stay-at home parent by providing monetary breaks and opportunities to work from home,” said Shari Rendall, CWA’s Director of Government Relations and Public Policy. “Whenever possible, it is best to have a parent at home to nurture and raise their children.

“Providing parents with the option to work from home with telecommuting jobs is an excellent way to balance career and family. Parents need and deserve flexibility when raising their young children. This Act is a step in the right direction toward ending the discrimination against parents who want to stay home.”

http://www.earnedmedia.org/CWA0308.htm

[TerdlowSmedley]

1. Are the Women Concerned enough to support tax relief for

stay-at-home single parents?

[Bluebear]

3. Bingo. nt

[NashVegas]

12. Goodness Gracious, Not Those Welfare Queens!

I thought we eliminated them.

[Fresh_Start]

2. As a working mom, I think working parents deserve

tax relief more than the country club set.

[SharonAnn]

13. Yes, but that tax break they had is what set up the whole "marriage penalty" thing.

A one couple with $100,000 income(one wage earner) paid less in taxes than a two income couple with $50,000 income each. Now we've reduced the "marriage penalty". So now we reduce the one-income couple rate, then we reduce the marriage penalty, etc.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

The stay-at-home person already has much lower expenses. Less in day care expenses, wardrobe, eating lunch out, gas, insurance, etc. Less in cost of meals, household maintenance, etc. because there's a person at home full-time who can do those things. And, that person's labor doesn't add to the GDP. A family with two working parents has to hire all of that done.

The tax break should go to the family where BOTH people are working, contributing to the national GDP.

[GrumpyGreg]

4. If you can't afford kids and want to stay home,don't have them.

My grandchildren all have two working parents-----maybe not the way some would like it but they are doing just fine.

[Cerridwen]

5. And if my crystal ball breaks...

and I don't see far enough into the future at some time when I wind up as a single parent? Or face "job reductions" or ill health or...any number of the myriad things that can happen in a person's life?

Should I give my kids back? To whom, please? They've outgrown their original packaging.

Should I discard them? Give them away?

[L A Woman]

6. this is a subject that really gets my heart rate going....

Honestly...as a single woman with no children, I am SO SICK of paying taxes for everyone else's children!!!! Where is MY tax break? The one that comes from working my ass off for 25 years? Where is MY huge tax refund???

Sorry, if you bring a child into the world, i.e. another mouth to feed, you should have to pay MORE TAXES. Not less.

[Beaverhausen]

10. Here here!!!

I agree.

[kestrel91316]

11. TY. Needed saying.

[BattyDem]

7. I thought Republics hated government programs that gave money to people for doing "nothing"

:eyes:

Just another case of, "When WE get the money, we're deserving citizens; when YOU get the money, you're lazy welfare queens!"


Honestly, I actually think this is a good idea, but I am bothered by the fact that it's always acceptable to Republics to help two-parent families, but not single parents. It's as if they're saying, "People deserve help, just as long as they can afford to do it on their own if they had to. If they actually NEED the help because they have no other alternatives ... SCREW THEM!"


edited: typo :blush:

[BlooInBloo]

8. Welfare queens are supposed to be black. Not CWA's target demographic.

[waiting for hope]

9. There is a bigger issue here -

One my husband and I are facing - we both work 40+ hours a week, oldest is going on 6, the second just turned two and we always feel there isn't enough hours in the day to get things done (ok, I'm giving up doing a load of laundry that can wait until the weekend so I can DU for 10 minutes..). My son's school has a PTA meeting next Tuesday - we plan on being there on the condition that my Mom can take care of my daughter - they are asking for volunteer hours for the Book Fair and the School Uniform store and other things. Neither my husband or myself have the ability to volunteer any hours because of our work situations.

Now, imagine if you had to work TWO jobs to get by - or you worked a job outside the "normal" 9-5 time, what opportunities does a parent have to help their children with their school work or even better yet, in what capacity can you as a parent be involved with their school activities? I just heard some yahoo (Fmr. Sec of Education) blaming the teacher's unions for having a failing grade - not once did Dobbs or this yahoo once discuss the availability of parents to help - just about the lack of parent involvement. Sheesh, if I could go part-time in order to be there when my kids get out of school and have the freedom to do more with them at home, I'd jump on it in a heartbeat.