Jeff T
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The third reason is the only one that matters to him.
Your dad thinks he's "earned" the medicare, foodstamps, and checks.
The sad truth is, he's probably right.
If you take a job, welfare takes away his check.
Which is why welfare contributes to keeping people chained in a cycle of poverty.
Here's my advice:
Wait until you're 18.
Move out of the house, and start living on your own.
Is it tough? Yes.
Is it worth it, to break the cycle of welfare dependence? You bet.
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As to the other two reasons:
2) medical conditions. That's no reason not to apply for a job. And whether you get hired is between you and the employer.
1) Taxes are too complicated. Bull!
Every February, you will get a W-2 form from your employer, which is about the size of a postcard.
It lists your name, the company you worked for, how much you made last year, and how much was withheld for taxes.
Here is the ENTIRE form 1040EZ, which you will file each year, as long as the only income you have is from your job:
Enter your name _________
Enter your social security number__________
Line 1: Wages, Salaries, tips, etc.
Copy "what you made" from the W-2 form here _$20,516.32___
Line 2: Taxable Interest.
If you have a savings account, enter the interest you earned: __$12.31____
Line 3: Unemployment Compensation and Alaska Permenant Fund Dividends.
You didn't get any unemployment, and you don't live in Alaska, so: _$0__
Line 4: Add lines 1, 2, and 3. _$20,528.63 (That's not hard)_
Line 5: If noone can claim you as a dependent, enter $8750 if single.
(if you move out and live on your own, and you're not married, that's you) __$8,750__
Line 6: Subtract Line 5 from line 4. __$ 11,478.63 (still with me?) ____
Line 7: Federal Income Tax Withheld.
Go back to the W-2 that your boss gave you, and copy the amount from that form to this line: _$1,500 (for example)_____
Line 8: Earned Income Credit: $0
Line 8b: Nontaxable combat pay:
(You're not going into combat, so _____$0____
Line 9: Add lines 7 and 8: ____$1,500 (Lost yet?)____
Line 10: Tax. Go back to line 6, and look up that amount in the table in the back of the instructions. Enter that amount here.
The table is like this:
If your income is at least, but less than, if you're single, if you're married
11400 -- 11450 -- 1323 -- 1143
11450 -- 11500 -- 1330 -- 1148
11500 -- 11550 -- 1338 -- 1153
So if Line 6 says $11478, then you would enter $1330 in the blank. (or whatever the real table says)
Line 11: If Line 9 is larger than line 10, you get a refund.
Subtract line 10 from line 9, and enter that amount here
(Line 9 says $1500, and Line 10 says $1330.)
__$170___.
Enter your checking account information, so we can send you the money.
Line 12: If line 10 is larger than line 9, you owe us money.
Send us a check.
Sign it, and mail it to the IRS by April 15.
That's it, you're done. |
Jon
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"If you get a job you'll have to pay taxes"
Depends on how much you make. If you only make a couple hundred bucks in the year, you probably won't. But don't take my advice for it - go look up a 2007 tax form and do it for pretend. It won't be *that* different in 2008.
"and you aren't old enough to know how that works"
Gotta learn sometime. Better to learn it when you have your parents there for a safety net.
"You probably won't get hired due to your medical conditions."
Then you can also learn about discrimination lawsuits and million-dollar settlements :) That is, assuming you would be physically capable of doing the work the job requires, and they still won't hire you BECAUSE OF YOUR CONDITION. Obviously if you can do the job, and they don't hire you because they just think you're a jerk, then you won't win if you sue them.
"Well -Fare will take away everything I worked years on for you to get."
Welfare does have a max where if your family makes more than that, you don't get welfare. I'm not very experienced in this, but I know that unemployment (which is similar) in Indiana works kind of like:
Say you get $1000 from unemployment. If you get a job and earn $300, now you get $700 from unemployment. So you're not really ahead, but it's not like they say "oh, you earned $300 so now we give you nothing". But like I said, that's unemployment, not welfare. |
ms.righteous
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first of all, yes you need to pay taxes even if you're a minor. welfare sucks but it does not take away everything you earn. your tax dollars goes to the federal and state government, the city, your future social security benefits, state disability and all. i started working part-time and paid my taxes ever since i was 15. if you live in the US, you need to pay taxes whether you're a minor, a US citizen or an illegal alien. and what's wrong with working as a minor if you can handle both school and work at the same time? and who says you need to know how taxes work before you can get a job? you might have certain medical conditions but you're not disabled. tell you parents it's good working experience. it will help you get your foot in the door when you look for that full-time job after college. but remember school comes first! part-time job is only something on the side after you manage to get good grades in school. |
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