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103. no, it is taking advantage

when programs help people, like for example the food sales tax rebate in Kansas. It provided a rebate for sales taxes on food to those with lower income - sort of. To qualify you either needed to a) have kids, b) be disabled or c) be over 55.

It paid $80 per exemption for people with income under $15,000 or $39 per exemption for income under $30,300. This was in 2008. So here could be a retired person getting a rebate with income of $30,000. And meanwhile here's a working person, like, say, myself making $11,779.17 in 2008 who gets nothing.

Of course, that is only $80, but there is also the Homestead credit of up to $700, and social security income being tax free (in Kansas) for people with income up to $50,000, and rebates on their water bill from the city, and federal tax breaks and senior discounts and so on and so forth.

Yeah sure, you can try to create some kind of imaginary justification for unfair policies, especially if they happen to favor you, but those policies really come from political power.

You know who is living a relatively comfortable life? People with higher incomes. They live a comfortable life relative to the people with lower incomes.