TANSTAFFL - The Lesson That Progressives and Politicians Lie about All the Time. - Granite Grok

TANSTAFFL – The Lesson That Progressives and Politicians Lie about All the Time.

Matthew Lesko

Move over Matthew Lesko (above), the constant Free Government Money infomercial huckster guy of decades ago (he’s still around). President Biden and his Progressive hacks are horning in on your shtick.

Go ahead – just ask them. Ask them about any new program – “is it FREE to me”?  They’ll say yes. Now ask them “Is it FREE?” Betcha they’ll still say yes. And they’ve been doing it for years as well. A hundred years, in fact.

Then you know that they’re lying for you. Obamaphone, Obamacare, COVID shots, Free lunches for kids, Free housing for low-income, Free transportation, Free School, Free College…

Ask yourself (Really) – do all those people providing all those products and services working for free? Too many people will still say yes because if they don’t, they think that it might be taken away from them.

This is how Democrats and Socialists work – offer something for free KNOWING that people will first take it, and then fight like crazy to keep it from being taken away.

Here’s one – President Asterisk’s “American Recovery Plan” (that boondoggle of a bill) is now a one-year refundable tax credit for kids 17 years and younger (emphasis mine, reformatted):

Good news for parents: Monthly payments through the new federal enhanced child tax credit will begin July 15. The credit will go to roughly 39 million households with about 65 million children, or 88% of children in the U.S., according to the IRS. The expanded credit was established in the American Rescue Plan signed into law in March. In 2021, the maximum enhanced child tax credit is $3,600 for children younger than age 6 and $3,000 for those between 6 and 17.

OK, nice to see that the government is going to let you keep more of your money in raising kids. I know; did it once and am doing it again 30 years down the road. But here’s the kicker – you don’t have to file your taxes for NEXT year – the Govt is going to start PAYING you now, cash on the barrelhead, every month through December:

Those payments will be sent out as an advance on 2021 taxes in monthly installments that could be as much as $300 per month for younger children and $250 per month for older ones. The credit is per child in each household, meaning a family with three children ages 4, 8 and 12, for example, could receive up to $800 on a monthly basis (A $300 credit for the 4-year-old, and $250 each for the older kids.) “For working families with children, this tax cut sends a clear message: Help is here,” said President Joe Biden in a Monday statement.

Yeah, sure does – have kids, become even MORE dependent on Government. No one wants to see kids growing up in poverty but that’s up to the Parents (both of them) to make that happen by having that commitment to each other and to their offspring, to upskill yourself to support those kids and give them the nurturing they need to be good citizens and have a satisfying life.

Here’s Xiden, swooping in, basically saying “here – free money for your kids. It’s FREE!”

You wait – this tax credit will be a HIT just like Obamacare was all those folks that now have medical care at little to no cost to them. It’s FREE!

No, it’s not – and these people are about to start learning that real quickly. The Feds are borrowing over $6 Trillion dollars just for “relief” help – and Biden just announced his $6 Trillion dollar budget (we’ve been at around $4T for a few years). So that’s $12 Trillion that has to come from somewhere. You know who it will be?

Those kids that are getting that FREE! money now. And their kids as well.

Until all of that other peoples’ money goes dry.

(H/T: Foundation for Economic Education)

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