GOP bills would give expectant parents tax credit on fetus

[Faygo Kid]

Source: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121120/POLITI

Lansing — The House Tax Policy Committee heard testimony Tuesday on a bill that would grant "personhood" status to fetuses, allowing expectant parents to qualify for a tax exemption.

Parents would be able to claim a dependency exemption for a fetus that has completed at least 12 weeks of gestation as of the last day of the tax year and that has been under the care and observation of a physician since at least 12 weeks of gestation. The period of gestation would have to be determined by a physician.

The two-bill package introduced by Republican Reps. Lisa Lyons of Alto and Jud Gilbert of Algonac, would cost Michigan about $5 million annually in revenue, according to a House Fiscal Agency Analysis.

The personal exemption is $3,950 for the 2013 tax year and $4,000 for the 2014 tax year and subsequent years.

Read more: Detroit News

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Looney Tunes.

[Liberal Veteran]

1. I'm good with that, but I want a tax deduction for each sperm.

[RKP5637]

6. And those with a higher sperm count get a bigger tax deduction!!!

[KansDem]

14. Yeah! Of millions of sperm...only one makes it to the top!

Definitely a "One Percenter!"

[Ed Suspicious]

31. I'm not scientist, but I've heard that the guy who finally gets through does so

on the backs of the 99 percent. They do the work of softening that egg up, and he slips right in and profits.

[RKP5637]

39. I got my egg!!! F you! Says the #1 1%er sperm! LOL n/t

[benld74]

29. Agreed! Life is precious so I want a formula taking into consideration for the Average # sperm

•Average Number of Sperm per Ejaculation: 200- 300 million
http://menshealth.about.com/od/lifestyle/a/vital_stats.htm

[jpak]

57. ummm - sperm are haploid - they're only worth half as much

duh

[wordpix]

59. and I want one for each egg each month

or at least, for one that COULD be a person every 10 mos.

[Paper Roses]

2. We are going down a dangerous path. I don't know what to say.

EXCEPT: this is wrong.

[central scrutinizer]

36. Next step: you can claim a deduction for that gleam in your daddy's eyes

nfm

[peace13]

3. If they don't cough up a baby by the next tax cycle ....

I would hope that the deduction would be removed and taxes refiled. Sounds like a lot of work just so a few folks can get a jump on the tax credit. I guess they get double with twins. Ohhhhh....think of the quadruplets.

[Volaris]

23. It's not about the tax credit

it's about the GOP trying to bribe stupid people into accepting embryonic Personhood. If what they REALLY wanted was to give people an additional tax break, you have the baby, then get to file as such on your UPCOMMING Tax returns, and when you do, you get to claim a child tax credit for LAST YEAR, (the year you were pregnant) as well as this one.

That they think were dumb enough to fall for this, should be all the explaination they need to tell them why they just lost a National Election Cycle.

[FiveGoodMen]

27. Agreed.

[peace13]

37. I understand.

There is no shortage of crazy in this country. There will always be a diversion if not this one then something else. They have made rape into an everyday run of the mill word and in turn an everyday action. They assaulted every rape victim in the country day after day with there verbal abuse. Now it is 'personhooding' a zygote. Really, I don't know how we will get these folks back under their rock but my guess is that it won't be quick or easy. Keep on keeping on, fighting the good fight. They will do anything to stop progress ....that is what we are working with. Bombing us back to the cave days is in their sites.

[yardwork]

61. Good point. Easy to implement a retroactive tax credit for pregnancies if that is the true goal.

Obviously the true goal is to do exactly what you say - another way to create legal precedent for embryonic personhood leading to bans on abortion and probably bans on contraception as well.

One immediate argument against this idea is that it will create a lot of expensive paperwork. To qualify, pregnant women will have to document that they have been "under the care of a physician" for at least twelve weeks, and the physician will have to sign off on that. Many (poor) people don't access prenatal care at all until well after 12 weeks gestation. They may postpone going to a doctor until they are close to delivery, or not go to a doctor at all and simply show up at the Emergency Department in labor. The only people who would even benefit from this tax break would be wealthy people with private insurance who have Ob/Gyns who have time to fill out useless paperwork.

The Republican Party of "less government" strikes again with an expensive and time-consuming way to get government all up in our business.

[Volaris]

62. This particular contingent of the GOP is in no way, shape or form...

the party of less government. They are the party of morally correct government, and THAT government is, by it's nature, fucking HUGE.
They think WE want the government to do more "stuff", but at least we can comit the government to staying small enough to stay the hell out of peoples personal lives...

[patrice]

4. The inevitable truth about human RE$OURCE$ which according to current business models, are purchased

as CHEAPLY as possible.

[cyndensco]

5. Looney Tunes is right - Onion worthy.

Wrong on so many counts least of which is Michigan cannot afford to lose $5M.

How do they come up with these ideas??

[DakotaLady]

20. Yes, how do they come up with these ideas?

I just want this madness to stop ... make it go away.

[femrap]

7. I've been waiting for this

legislation....what took ALEC so long????

Is MI trying to be more stupid than OH??? Our Heartbeat Bill is more cruel...the most cruel EVER!

I hate the Dark Ages.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

8. They are going to move forward with these

"Personhood" bills any which way they can.

[CreekDog]

9. they could give them health care, i mean, if you really want to help the fetus

but i wouldn't hold my breath.

[Faygo Kid]

41. +1

[Dubster]

10. Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)

[mac56]

11. I believe this will run into the same Constitutional roadblocks as other "personhood" bills.

Maybe someone more knowledgable can cast some light on this?

[EC]

12. Is that just a gimmick to get a personhood amendment through?

They could fool a lot of people with this. They'll believe it only affects their taxes....

[wordpix]

58. one word: YES

[justice1]

13. So if a woman tries to have an abortion at 13 weeks, she would be committing 1st degree murder?

[shawn703]

15. Any bill that links personhood and fetuses

Will eventually be used as an attack on Roe v. Wade.

[bamacrat]

16. Do food babies count? n/t

[cosmicone]

17. This is cool

Get pregnant in September, claim deduction in December, have an abortion in January. Perpetual deduction. If you have twins or triplets, you can write off your entire income.

Utterly stupid idea that would INCREASE abortions instead of decreasing them. Repukes need to study the law of unintended consequences.

[alp227]

32. my thoughts too!

[adieu]

43. "C'mon honey, let's make whoopee!"

"Why?"
"Because it's September and we can get a tax write off!"

[booley]

18. so can you use that deduction to pay for an abortion?

not sure they thought this through.

[davidpdx]

55. It would be no use explaining to them either

they are too fucking dumb to get it. It's like George W. Bush telling knock knock jokes.

[HockeyMom]

19. More WORSHIP the Fetus

and screw the living and breathing child, and adult poor, sick, and elderly. Only the UNBORN matter.

[Still Sensible]

21. Is this dumb-fuckery

bat-shittery or ass-hattery? I simply can't keep up!

[klook]

22. I hope there will be Pell Grants and tuition tax credits as well for fetuses.

"I'm learning for two."

[Jackpine Radical]

24. What a wonderful solution to our underpopulation problem.

[kestrel91316]

25. Wow. Now women can get pregnant every September, get the tax write off at year's end, and then

go to Planned Parenthood for their free abortion in January. Rinse and repeat the next September.

Awesome. No maternity visits to the doctor, no diapers, no painful childbirth - just an annual tax write off that will never need clothes or food or a car or college education.

[Sirveri]

54. In AZ they're pregnant two weeks before they're pregnant.

So you don't even need to go to the trouble of having sex!

[lalalu]

26. chicka chicka boom boom

Time to get busy. Too late for this year but there is always next year

[Xyzse]

28. Actually, I would rather have Maternity Assistance

If they switch that towards a program for Maternity assistance, particularly for those who need it, I am all for it.
Especially, if it deals with paying for the bills come delivery time...

[Arkana]

30. That bill is a horrifying Trojan Horse which would be a quick stepping stone

to arresting women who terminate their pregnancies and charging them with murder.

They really don't know how to do anything except social engineering, do they?

[kiranon]

63. And a potential death sentence for women who need an abortion for

medical reasons (a la Ireland example) and are denied one because the fetus is a person who has a right to die and take its pregnant mom with it. It's war on women and on pregnant women in particular who lose their personhood when they become pregnant under this proposed legislation.

[olddad56]

33. this brillant idea is consistant with my opinion of the GOPs brain trust.

[olddad56]

34. could a congressman get a tax credit if his mistress gets pregnant?

[Rozlee]

40. How about a rapist?

Why not? Wasn't he responsible for the "blessing" in the woman's womb?

[glinda]

35. They never give up do they...

[valerief]

38. What if a person is making plans to incorporate but hasn't yet? nt

[jb14621]

42. No Trade

Not in favor AT ALL in giving personhood to a fetus. So, are we guilty of murder should the fetus be aborted? This looks like easy money to most, I guess; but, the trade off is not worth buying my vote in favor!!

[hrmjustin]

46. welcome to DU!

[LeftishBrit]

44. Thought this was from the Onion!

I assume that once the baby is born, they lose all benefits.

[Hekate]

45. If they really cared about "life" they'd provide prenatal care instead

Prenatal, postnatal, and all that. That's if they really cared.

But no, it's just more of the same horseshit. If passed, the next step will be to charge women and doctors with murder if there's not a baby popped out on schedule. And I mean that.

Hekate

[Ken Burch]

47. Would it just be the parents' feti? Or could they claim it for the feti from their servants? n/t.

[InsultComicDog]

48. ok, so if a pregnant woman commits a crime,

can a lawyer sue on behalf of the fetus for release since the fetus is innocent?

[svpadgham]

53. The fetus will be charged as an accessory to the crime.n/t

[InsultComicDog]

49. And I guess you should qualify for any age requirement 9 months earlier

to drive, to drink, or to collect Social Security

[InsultComicDog]

50. If corporations are people, what is a corporate zygote?

[julian09]

51. Octomom would have made out pretty good.

[aquart]

52. What if you miscarry?

Because I see a luscious loophole here.

[davsand]

56. You'd owe back taxes! With PENALTIES!!!

Because everybody knows pregnancy loss is not trauma enough without the fundy freaks inserting themselves into it. They'll want to create a board to determine if the mother did, in fact, do all she could to prevent that pregnancy loss. If the Pregnancy Police determined the mother was at fault--let's say she had some medical issue--then those "parental wanna-bes" would need to pay the taxes owed, PLUS an appropriate level of fines.


Intended as but just creepy enough that it might be real...



Laura

[wordpix]

60. who is validating the doctors' determination letters? What will that layer of bureaucracy cost?

Repukes and their "no government" philosophy does not apply when sticking their noses in women's private parts.

Ewwwww