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Since I had problems sending my comment to Mommylife’s recent post, and the comment relates to another one of my predictions for the future, I’ll post it here:

Articles like this [about only half of American households owing income tax] drive me crazy, because hard-working families with children and a lower income get lumped in with the freeloaders and deadbeats. I think that this no-income-tax-equals-freeloader sentiment is going to be used to tighten the screws on Godly families in the future.

The truth is that income tax is only one small piece of the federal tax pie. My great-grandparents probably never paid any income tax at all; the first income tax came later in their lives, was very low, and only affected the rich. That owing income tax is now practically a virtue reflects the expansion of tax obligations over the years.

Nearly all of the households that don’t pay income tax today pay Social Security and Medicare taxes (a huge part of the federal budget), as well as many other taxes. Just wait until they slam the VAT through!

So here is Prediction Seven: The “only half of American households pay income tax, so income taxes should be raised/tax credits should be phased out” argument will be used to slam lower-income Christian families that have more than the approved number of children. Within my lifetime.