Gavin's gonna save California a one time stimulus check for the middle class

I mean look at the totals below why $700? with one dependant, $350 without. Are you not stimulated? What a pathetic attempt and even more pathetic totals. Am I wrong?

Already senior citizens are pissed you know the ones that paid their taxes all these years are going to get screwed, no wonder some people stuffed cash in a mattress or stashed it away elsewhere.

For single filers, the refund will be:

• Income of $75,000 or less: $700 with a dependent/$350 without

• Income of $75,001 to $125,000: $500 with a dependent/$250 without

• Income of $125,001 to $250,000: $400 with a dependent/$200 without

For married couples filing jointly, the refund will be:

• Income of $150,000 or less: $1,050 with a dependent/$700 without

• Income of $150,001 to $250,000: $750 with a dependent/$500 without

• Income of $250,001 to $500,000: $600 without a dependent/$400 without

For those filing as head of household or surviving spouse, the income brackets are the same as for married couples but the refunds will be: $700/$350 for the lowest bracket, $500/$250 for the middle bracket and $400/200 for the highest bracket.


It’s official: Most Californians who filed their taxes in 2020 will get one-time payments totaling about $9.5 billion from the state starting in October to help offset rising inflation.

The Franchise Tax Board has set up a web page with some of the details and a calculator where people can estimate their payment.

The Legislature passed an election-year bill, AB192, authorizing the payments with zero votes against it, and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed it as part of his budget package on Thursday.

The bill called these payments “Better for Families Refunds,” but the tax board is calling them “Middle Class Tax Refunds,” even though couples making up to $500,000 in 2020 adjusted gross income and individuals making up to $250,000 are eligible.

Just another pandering idiot IMO trying to buy votes for a stupid leftist agenda

A gesture that does very little for those getting the money.

I haven't felt the stimulus checks from 2020 since a few weeks after getting them. Where'd all that free money go? Oh yeah, it went towards inflation.

Something like this will be gone in a few days, ESPECIALLY in California.

originally posted by: 727Sky
Just another pandering idiot IMO trying to buy votes for a stupid leftist agenda

and trying to buy them cheap as hell, hell the average rent in Cali is $2300 and that's for a micro dump

www.rentdata.org...

For FY 2021, the San Francisco, CA HUD Metro FMR Area (Marin County) rent for a studio or efficiency is $2,350 per month and $4,970 per month to rent a house or an apartment with 4 bedrooms.

a reply to: putnam6

Yeah, it's all just a big joke to these politicians. They don't give a damn about their constituents.

The bill called these payments “Better for Families Refunds,” but the tax board is calling them “Middle Class Tax Refunds,” even though couples making up to $500,000 in 2020 adjusted gross income and individuals making up to $250,000 are eligible.

This neatly sums up the status quo in California: to simply "exist" and "get by" in many urban/suburban parts of California requires an income level that would make one wealthy, or at least very very affluent in many other parts of the country.

The same can be said of other states like New York (particularly any part of New York below Rockland county).

The states run by the party that continually squawks about income inequality sure have a hard time walking the talk.

I am retired and live on social security and pay no taxes. So I will get nothing.

Only the middle class will get a pittance.

People on social security will not even get a raise till 2023 based on the inflation rate in September 2022.

The pandering idiots in Sacramento better start looking for a new job.

Wait, they cheat on the votes, so likely it won't hurt them.

originally posted by: ANNED
I am retired and live on social security and pay no taxes. So I will get nothing.

Only the middle class will get a pittance.

People on social security will not even get a raise till 2023 based on the inflation rate in September 2022.

The pandering idiots in Sacramento better start looking for a new job.

Wait, they cheat on the votes, so likely it won't hurt them.

Yep I'm hearing the Cali senior citizen community is fuming,

www.kcra.com...

"I feel very cheated and let down," she said.

Boyle said it's no relief for her and other seniors, who don't pay income taxes because they take social security. To make sure she understood where she stood with the state, she called Gov. Gavin Newsom's office, twice.

"I said, 'You’re excluding the senior citizens that are not filing taxes any longer?' and she said, 'Yes.' and I said, 'That’s so sad because we pay taxes and we vote too,'" Boyles said.

Boyle hopes the state can reconsider and find real relief for her and the rest of the seniors.

$350

$7/gal x 15 gal = $105
$350 / $105 = 3.3

So $350 = 3.3 tanks of gas. So July is covered, maybe.

a reply to: putnam6

What a slap in the face! That is an insult to even the least intelligent among us.

Government budgets are all based on need; if there's any money left at the end of the fiscal year, it shows you got more money than you actually needed, so the next years' budget will be reduced. That's why you always see a rash of wasteful spending at the end of the year, so they can show the need to increase next years' budget.

Politics is set up to reward poor performance and bad behavior. their Ponzi scheme is locked up so tight that I don't see any possibility of it ever being fixed.

a reply to: putnam6

If I lived there the first thing I'd spend my $600 on would be a half a tank of gas.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: putnam6

If I lived there the first thing I'd spend my $600 on would be a half a tank of gas.

What? No money for Zelensky?

I would send the $600 to the Ukraine President so he can defeat Russia and bring the fuel prices down.

#for as long as it takes

originally posted by: PureBlood
What? No money for Zelensky. I would send the $600 to the Ukraine President so he can defeat Russia and bring the fuel prices down.

I've already made charitable contributions to people in Ukraine.

What is he thinking?

We need that money to shovel into the coffers of Kyiv to fight Russia!

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: putnam6

If I lived there the first thing I'd spend my $600 on would be a half a tank of gas.

Half?

It's California. You'd be lucky to fill a gas can with it.

originally posted by: projectvxn
Half?

It's California. You'd be lucky to fill a gas can with it.

I'd go the economy route and only get 87 octane.

The bill called these payments “Better for Families Refunds,”

Thanxs Godfather ...

Can always rely on CA to help pay for a week's worth of gas and food every year 😎🚬

Then they raise several taxes 😎🚬

GoVote or GoHome 😎🚬

originally posted by: RegularJo76
A gesture that does very little for those getting the money.

I haven't felt the stimulus checks from 2020 since a few weeks after getting them. Where'd all that free money go? Oh yeah, it went towards inflation.

Something like this will be gone in a few days, ESPECIALLY in California.

Keep attempting to explain to the wife this illusion. She gets all too happy about getting these stimuli. Told her before the first even arrived, stop your enthusiasm, it’s all going to be taken back via raised prices and higher taxes etc. Now she keeps complaining how before we could save money so easily, why can’t we now? Ummmm… she still doesn’t get it

originally posted by: nugget1
a reply to: putnam6

What a slap in the face! That is an insult to even the least intelligent among us.

Government budgets are all based on need; if there's any money left at the end of the fiscal year, it shows you got more money than you actually needed, so the next years' budget will be reduced. That's why you always see a rash of wasteful spending at the end of the year, so they can show the need to increase next years' budget.

Politics is set up to reward poor performance and bad behavior. their Ponzi scheme is locked up so tight that I don't see any possibility of it ever being fixed.

Isn't though,

I just know years ago we had a meeting where reps from all over the country came to our office and homes for a few days. Those reps from Cali could not believe the size of the homes and property and the low cost, they were astonished, like seriously astonished.

It's like I told them I love California weather and geography too, but it's not worth 5 times the rent better, well at least not for me. I can get to the mountains in 2 hours and the ocean in 4 here its all I need