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A tax credit...for OWNING A PET???
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http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/smartspending/archive/2009/08/17/a-tax-deduction-for-your-pet.aspx
Seriously, WTF. Our country is in HUGE debt and you want to give a tax break for owning a pet that's almost as big as the human dependent deduction? Owning a pet is a personal choice that should have absolutely nothing to do with paying taxes. You might as well give me a tax break for skiing, that shit's expensive.
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thats retarded. unless theres something that im missing it just seems like its just going to cause way more problems
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hahah thats so stupid why would that have anything to do with taxes?
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I like my fluffy dog though. Oh, wait, this is about stupid tax breaks.
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There should be a tax increase on pets. they're bad for the environment.
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the only way i could see that holding any legitimacy is if they were service animals. because those actually are expensive.
those might actually cost more than the $3500 of tax credit they are asking for here. you can buy a nice lab for like $600. getting it fixed and feeding it would maybe almost cost $3500
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