tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post3218518170404430471..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: The Tax Plan ComethDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-49667327011167885232017-12-29T13:33:27.998-05:002017-12-29T13:33:27.998-05:00Darwin, we can probably get a copy up on gsheets, ...Darwin, we can probably get a copy up on gsheets, protect all fields but the ones to change, and let people copy it to their own gdrive and play with it. That is, if you want to make it available for others to use. If you send me a copy I don't mind setting it up.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09601694138868089929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-61212800715867896432017-12-06T22:04:46.641-05:002017-12-06T22:04:46.641-05:00Zoe Brain,
I with I had a good way to post a web ...Zoe Brain,<br /><br />I with I had a good way to post a web version of the Excel form that I'd created, because the ideal would be to allow people to plug in their own values and try them out. Unfortunately, I'm not that clever with web programming (and Blogger isn't set up for such things anyway.<br /><br />I would note, though, that $50k/yr is actually a below-median income for a married couple with children. According to the census, the median income for married couples in 2016 was $87k:<br /><br />https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2017/demo/P60-259.pdf<br /><br />Digging into the historical income tables, Table F-9 here shows income by type and size of family (though I don't believe it's filtered on only married couples) and it gives the median income for a family with two or more children under 18 years of age as $71k<br /><br />https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-income-families.htmlDarwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-87228724524045120932017-12-06T18:26:48.651-05:002017-12-06T18:26:48.651-05:00Most families of four don't make nearly $50,00...Most families of four don't make nearly $50,000.<br />Why concentrate on the effects only on the well-to-do to moderately rich?<br />Why ignore 60% of the population?<br /><br />I know these calculations are hard, there are far too many assumptions that have to be made. The more children in the family, the greater the chance that one will have a serious illness during childhood, one with potentially bankrupting costs with the inevitable legally mandated cuts to Medicare flowing from this bill, unless existing laws get changed.<br /><br />Thank you for your efforts though, I'm not sure anyone could do much better. I certainly couldn't.<br />Zoe Brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712045376060102538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-14696352654619548092017-12-04T16:22:57.480-05:002017-12-04T16:22:57.480-05:00Agreed.
"Slight" was a word choice that...Agreed.<br /><br />"Slight" was a word choice that should have got edited out. I did a number of revisions of the results and updated the numbers but not the text.Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-61342552873411857502017-12-04T14:36:10.695-05:002017-12-04T14:36:10.695-05:00Well, according to this analysis, the family that ...Well, according to this analysis, the family that can least afford a negative change is the one that will experience the most negative change. $1,500.00 is not a slight change at that earning level.ladywisdomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09981088656275747442noreply@blogger.com