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Final-Fan said:
Eomund said:
Kasz you are misfiguring the Prebate. The Prebate is not even $200 monthly. To figure the monthly Prebate every year you would take the [(official Poverty Level) * 23%] / 12. Currently it is (10250*.23)/12=196.46. Over the entire year that means you only get 2357.50.

That is correct IF you are single with no children. Here's a chart of prebate rates:



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/FTRebate.png

[edit: it's a lot uglier now but you can see all the numbers...]

[edit2: Kasz216, is it correct to say that you were thinking of the $10,210 that the lowest prebate is calculated off of?]

 Yeah, misread the chart.  Even at about 198 dollars per person a month would make it the largest welfare system in the history of the united states.

Also find it odd though that the chart actually gives less for a child then a regular person.  It's been my expierence that children are MORE expensive then adults.  They eat less food, however there medical bills and schooling are quite expensive.  Both of which i'd consider "essential life" things.

@ Copycon

I'd just spell out what you mean.  Laws don't effect everyone equally, a law that prevents the poor to sleep under bridges etc. doesn't effect the Rich equally as the Poor as they rich have no reason to sleep under bridges, beg for money or steal instead of starve.

Just how say, the "sin" tax on cigarrettes while applied to everyone doesn't apply to a non-smoker like me.  As I don't smoke.