"NOYB" wrote in message link.net...
"basskisser" wrote in message
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Harry Krause wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:

"thunder" wrote in message
news Now, do you want to talk about my subsidizing your raising children
(tax deduction for children)? ;-)

A tax credit or tax deduction is *not* a subsidy. I'm only getting
back
money I shouldn't have paid in the first place...but it's still my
money.


Of course a tax credit or deduction is a subsidy. You need a better
dictionary.

A tax credit is a subsidy? No more so than if you overpay any private
sector entity. It's my money, they are simply giving me back some of
my money. If you paid your car insurance, and after you sent the
payment in, the premium went down, so they send a portion of that back
to you, would you then say that the insurance company is subsidising
your next road trip?

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Stop the presses!!! basskisser and I agree
for once! I really like the insurance premium analogy. What's Harry have
to say about *that*?

(basskisser, please don't tell me that you thought *I* said a tax credit
isn't a subsidy. Harry is the one who said it)

Nope, I really don't care who said what. Fact remains, a tax credit is
NOT a subsidy. They are simply giving back something that is mine. No
more than if I loaned you a wrench, and you returned it, after using
it. Would that be a subsidy for my tool collection? No, it was already
mine!