My Mom raised 6 children without the $250/kid. She could of used it but we got by on the farm without a government hand out. You have to steal the money from someone else to give it to other people.

This incentive helps so much with ZPG...

"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs"

They are here among us.

You either get in now or at tax time. The child tax credit has been here for years. It's just a different way of payment.

Exactly!

People that don't pay (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) for taxes are getting lots of this money. They're riding the system to no end. They didn't pay this money in and don't deserve it in a lot of cases. Hard working people that pay the tax money are getting raked over the coals. Receiving nothing and paying the Lions share.

And destroy a lot of others.

Wouldn't it be smarter not to spend it at all since they've already over spent?

It's no wonder why there are so many businesses out there looking for people to work. Why work when you can make as much or more just by staying home?

Jurassic on this you're way off base. I remember when Romney gave the statistic that 47% of people tax paying age in the US pay zero, zilch, nada in net income taxes. Many are getting massive government benefits and tax breaks they didn't earn on top of paying nothing to start with. In no way shape or form should a person or family get more money back on taxes than they pay in.

I'll pay my share but I don't want to pay someone else's too. My wife and I don't have kids so there's no tax breaks here, but we certainly are paying for other people's kids. I know several people that play the system and live off my back and it's not easy keeping quiet about it. Society would be much better off without them period. In many cases it's a family tradition and the cycle will never end. In those cases It'd be in society's best interest to spay or neuter the kids when they hit about 14. After 2 kids and you're living on welfare for your income the adults should be fixed too. I said it and if you don't like it too bad. The U.S. has far to many leaches here. We'll gladly send you some if you want.

Stop picking on JP.
He has 14 or 15 kids so far.

That $250/month will hurt alot of families.

I wonder how you would feel about this if you had kids.

I wonder how many of these hard working business people that pay a lot of taxes apply for their share of gov’t grants. If there’s money to receive, you’ll find it!

8. And counting!

I've had kids, grandkids and great-grandchildren JP and I don't support this money grab. It just isn't taken and paid out fairly. I wonder how you would feel is you LIVED in the USA

Move to the US $2000/month!

I wonder how you would feel if you had kids that you were raising at home right now.

I’ve noticed people find things not fair when others get what they didn’t.

I get more than that in Canada

I don't think most people are understanding this. This is no different than it's been for a LONG time, it is just paid in advance throughout the year instead of 1 lump sum at tax return time. The amount of the annual credit was also increased which was unnecessary. A lot of people are going to be very unhappy at tax time when they don't get that big payment they are counting on.

“I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.”
Thomas Sowell