{"id":58763,"date":"2015-03-16T15:47:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T19:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=58763"},"modified":"2015-03-16T15:48:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T19:48:29","slug":"taxing-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=58763","title":{"rendered":"Taxing discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"

CEEight-Oh sends us a link to Slate<\/a>‘s Alec MacGillis who thinks that veterans’ pensions should be taxed and he rails against measures in the states to exempt at least a portion of veterans’ pensions from taxes. Alec MacGillis particularly doesn’t like new Republican governor of Maryland Larry Hogan’s plan. Currently in Maryland, the first $5000 of a military pension is exempt from state taxation;<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen these folks come in from another state, they\u2019re going to buy homes and \u2026 and some are going to be entrepreneurs,\u201d says Minnesota state Sen. Paul Gazelka, a Republican who is pushing a full exemption. \u201cIt\u2019s about recruiting, just like we recruit businesses \u2026 There are going to be states that are winners and losers, and I\u2019d rather have more retiring veterans in Minnesota than less.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, Minnesota and Maryland need more veterans in their communities than they types that are moving in these days. But, MacGillis writes;<\/p>\n

One can retire and collect a military pension after 20 years of service, so there are plenty of 42-year-old \u201cretirees\u201d who are collecting pensions of, say, $50,000 per year while making a good living as military contractors or management consultants, two common second-career destinations. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, OK, if you want to put a cap on tax-exempt portions of pensions (West Virginia caps it at $20k) that’s fine, but don’t start telling people that we’re all making $50k\/year and working a six-figure contracting job to boot. I’ll bet that more veterans are getting under $20k\/year and working the same jobs as the rest of America.<\/p>\n

And so what if they are getting $50k. You had the same opportunity, Mr. MacGillis, but you couldn’t be lured away from your neck beard and your skinny jeans for twenty years. Jealous much? If you want to really tax someone, try taxing the SSI recipients, or remove the exemptions that illegal immigrants are getting (individuals’ state taxes are figured from the Federal personal income), rather than the producers and the law abiding citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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