WOH/Kids/Feminism: WDYT?
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| Tue, 02-08-2005 - 9:06am |
Okay, let's debate something else. One morning a few months ago, I was crabby to DH about having to get ready for work. DH said, "Well, if you don't want to go to work, quit!"
Later that day, I told him I was just venting, and then I told him some of the reasons I really do like WOH. One reason was something to the effect that I wanted to WOH as part of at-home feminism for our DD's. He said he had no idea what I was talking about.
I thought about it some and decided that although this is a heartfelt idea for me, it's still fuzzy. I suppose I meant that I want to show my DDs how to live independently of a man, in the sense of income, ability to make one's way in the world, and so on, even if they choose marriage & kids. My feelings of pride in my own mom, who was a WOH mom, come into it, too.
Caution: I don't mean in any way to suggest anything the least bit negative about SAH moms. That's not what this is about. Nor do I mean to suggest that anyone has to WOH to teach their kids feminist or gender neutral values. That's not what this is about, either.
Do you think there's any value in WOH as part of raising kids? Please help me clarify my thinking.
Sabina

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Its called payment in kind. Meaning the value of that housing is whatever they would give you if you were not living in housing so it is counted as income (just not taxable income). When we moved from off base to base housing our income did not change. It was just given too us differently, when off base we were given money in place of housing, when on base we were given housing in place money.
A family of 4 making $12,000 pays absolutely no income taxes. The exemption is $3100 per person ($12,400) and the standard deduction is $9,700. So a family of 4 would not pay taxes on the first $22,100 they make. They may have taxes taken out of their check but would have it all returned when they file their taxes. Plus since they would qualify for the earned income credit they would get back even more then was taken out of their check.
They do pay payroll taxes but their earned income credit would be $4300 so that would more then pay them back for that.
Those support your argument of rare?
PumpkinAngel
It's called payment in kind. They either give you money in place of housing or housing in place of money. But both are considered income, just not taxable income. You income is the same whether living on or off base.
The rules for BAS are basically if you are authorized to not eat in the dining facilites then you receive BAS. For the most part that means those that are married and those that are single but authorized to live off base (usually BAS and BAH go hand in hand). But there are exceptions. When my DH was working missles he received BAS even though he lived in the barracks because his work schedule made eating in dining facilities impossble on the days that he worked.
Kids don't need milk for calcium?
PumpkinAngel
I have never had a commute over 30 minutes on a normal everyday in my 20+ years of working on and off.
PumpkinAngel
Let's see if I can set the stage.
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Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.
Everyone around here in DC is doing it, but that doesn't make it "reasonable" - there are articles in the Wash Post all the time about this very subject.
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