Never rely on HR or anyone else for your individual tax liability. Stop blaming the system and every other entity but yourself.
You are responsible for setting and adjusting your federal and state (if applicable) deductions initially, and changing them accordingly based on your circumstances.
What a dumb troll. If you had any reading comprehension, lech, you could read that the problem was the healthcare premium tax credit situation. Before I entered any of that 1095-A information, my amount owed was like $380, which is much more in line with what I expected having adjusted my withholdings you ignorant troglodyte.
Who said i was blaming anyone? Benefits of dating an estate planner is keeping up with that kind of tax crap.
Not lech. Yeah that a bit more complex. But otherwise, JFC people. NEVER count on the payroll department to get your withholding right. Use the tools out on the net to run your numbers, now is the right time to do it, if your goal is to get a juicy refund, you’re doing it wrong. You’re giving the feds free money all year. Try to get as close to zero owed/refunded every year.
Good read on the uphill challenges for single payer and M4A. This guy knows his shit. Brown is thinking the right way, with Medicare for 55, etc. but even that will be tough.
Whatever. Another piece about how hard and expensive it may be and a "oh no please think of people's jobs" when the current system is so fucked and broken that relatively.minor medical issues puts people into debt while major issues don't get covered and people choose not to get them and die. Or people ration their insulin and die. Or don't get the check up they need because they can't afford the copay when loving paycheck to paycheck. But yea a few people may lose their jobs. Golly gee whatever will we do. Might as well keep it as is.
Outside of the stupidity of the coverage, the issue that has popped up (and specifically from the Cherokee nation in this particular instance) is that she’s had zero involvement with the tribe in any capacity. I happen to come from a federally unrecognized tribe that I’m enrolled in, and a federally recognized tribe that prefers to not honor my family because we already were enrolled with the former (and also, blood quantum, which is a debate for a different time as it’s so multifaceted). I’ve unfortunately lost all connection with my tribe since my grandpa passed almost 15 years ago, but prior to that we all were involved in various gatherings every year. Culture is a very big deal, especially when you look at the loss of it amongst all tribes. Shit, with the tribe that I’m not enrolled with, the last person that was considered fluent in the language died in the 80s. And yes, bloodlines do fall off with the fucking quickness for natives, most especially if anyone ever happens to leave their respective reservation; my great great great great grandma was full blood. Normally under those circumstances I’d be 1/64th, but my great great grandma married someone from the tribe that is federally recognized, who also happened to be 1/2, so the drop off didn’t happen for one generation, and is why great grandma was 1/4. And makes me a whole whopping 1/32 (hopefully this whole timeline made sense). All this is to say that, typically, those with native blood have an entire history of their lineage. Why? Blood quantum laws, that were initially enacted by America, and later on strictly followed and enforced by tribes due to the financial implications. It was pretty cringey on Warren’s part, but Cherokee leadership’s statement should (but won’t) get those making a huge deal about it to shut the fuck up
Thanks, that’s an awesome explanation. My wife is 27% Native American. Is that considered significant enough to be considered Native American? She was adopted, so she doesn’t know her birth parents. Connecting with a tribe would be cool as a result, but we don’t even know how to go about figuring out what she could be. We tried to cross reference features, but that is hard.
I’ve been sitting on the sidelines for a few days trying to figure out how to address the Warren issue, or if I even should. This was in no means an attack on your post, but finally decided to hop in. It honestly comes down to her biological parents, and what tribe(s) they are from, though. Impossible to figure that out without the knowledge of who her parents are. But as it pertains to being native enough? I’m not going to put myself out as some sort of native task force that declares who passes and who doesn’t. Yes, being over 1/4 is quite substantial. She would be able to enroll with most tribes so long as she can figure out who her biological parents are. No idea what your wife’s specific situation is, but it’s only been fairly recent that extreme efforts are made to keep a child within a tribe when any sort of issues (usually substance abuse) arise. A good friend of mine’s grandma is fostering like 6 kids currently as a result of these new efforts.
If lechnerd is actually indeed I'd prefer to know. indeed annoys people by years of subtly shitting on progressives, while Lechner is anything but subtle.
The author is a SME on healthcare policy. The history and scenarios he laid out are real. The whole point is about how transformational jumps are very complex and create tons of obstacles and opposition. Don’t see it as advocating for keeping everything as is.