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Old 01-22-2009, 09:33 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by foff667 View Post
In a way thats a good thing, in reality the closer you are to 0 the less the govt is taking advantage of you, hence the reason you can change your dependants & such...if you can get to +/-$100 thats pretty darn good.

If you are getting back $2000 it means you were giving the gov't money they could earn interest on for 12 months and now are giving you back a few bucks.
Exactly. Well said.

Everybody always talks about the money they are getting back- forgetting that it's your money that the government has kept from you until now. You could have been earning inerest on it in the meantime.
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