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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: formerlurker on November 24, 2010, 08:01:20 PM
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Yada yada yada, breast pumps should be a tax deductible medical expense article. The comment section is what I will excerpt however:
Breastfeeding, while definitely the best for mother and child, has become another privilege of the well-off. Most Americans need both parents in the workplace, often working more than one job, so that the small accommodations needed for breastfeeding are just too onerous. And formula manufacturers are working to put all Americans on formula from cradle to grave—from Pediasure to Ensure. This looks more like another tax dodge for the wealthy rather than a boon to most Americans.
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/other/130649-lawmakers-want-irs-to-recognize-breast-feeding-as-a-medical-expense
Class envy for breastfeeding? Seriously?
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Well, do you really want those poor welfare mothers mothers breastfeeding with all the drugs and alcohol in their systems?
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Well, do you really want those poor welfare mothers mothers breastfeeding with all the drugs and alcohol in their systems?
I shouldn't laugh at that, but....
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Well, do you really want those poor welfare mothers mothers breastfeeding with all the drugs and alcohol in their systems?
H5 brother!
Good answer. :cheersmate:
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H5 brother!
Good answer. :cheersmate:
Extensive research shows that breast feeding is good for mammals and humans. :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
How much Government Grant money was spent on this extensive research I wonder.
I WANT A GRANT to find out why if I stand out in the rain I will get wet.
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My plant was just notified that we are going to have to create a space where women can go for breastfeeding purposes.
We have only one woman that I'm aware of who might be breastfeeding at this time. But apparently this "rule" is some sort of federal requirement (I've not researched it yet, so no flaming, please); or, there's a better than even chance that it's a corporate requirement (which is non-funded, of course). :whatever:
This space cannot be a designated restroom, evidently, and it's got to be private.
Of course, breast pumping would be the likely use for this room as women would not have their babies in this particular workplace.
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Aw hell, I'll volunteer to milk the cows. I've got experience.
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Considering the way medical deductions actually work (An itemized expense, and you can only claim medical expenses that are OVER a base percentage of your adjusted gross income..i.e., you not only have to be able to itemize, you also have to have an abnormally high amount of unreimbursed medical expenses before you can claim the first cent of them), a tiny handful would benefit from this though it's impossible to say anyone's actually harmed in any substantial way either. It's a complete waste of time to screw with.
I wonder if a totally rich bastard could put down a $30,000 salary for a wet nurse on this one... :-)
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Considering the way medical deductions actually work (An itemized expense, and you can only claim medical expenses that are OVER a base percentage of your adjusted gross income..i.e., you not only have to be able to itemize, you also have to have an abnormally high amount of unreimbursed medical expenses before you can claim the first cent of them), a tiny handful would benefit from this though it's impossible to say anyone's actually harmed in any substantial way either. It's a complete waste of time to screw with.
I wonder if a totally rich bastard could put down a $30,000 salary for a wet nurse on this one... :-)
It used to be 7.5% of AGI, but I think Barney Frank and Chris Dodd's finance "reform" bill changed it. I don't recall if it went up or down.
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My plant was just notified that we are going to have to create a space where women can go for breastfeeding purposes.
We have only one woman that I'm aware of who might be breastfeeding at this time. But apparently this "rule" is some sort of federal requirement (I've not researched it yet, so no flaming, please); or, there's a better than even chance that it's a corporate requirement (which is non-funded, of course). :whatever:
This space cannot be a designated restroom, evidently, and it's got to be private.
Of course, breast pumping would be the likely use for this room as women would not have their babies in this particular workplace.
We had one worker that used a breast pump and stored her milk in the QC refedg..
I was horrified that she had to do this procedure in the common locker room and toilet stalls
There were empty offices the company could have allowed her to use.
Now there was a male worker with a colostomy bag that had to be changed a couple times a day and the company allowed him to use the empty Nurses Office. He did not have to use the locker room or a toilet stall---unsanitary they said.
Something about breast feeding that riles people up. The company's that make formulae and baby bottles have convinced us that there is something Unnatural about this act and offensive to others.
Now this gets me on a roll--duck and cover.
From the mouths of Doctors who served in VN I have been told that the black market took off convincing woman to buy baby bottles and formulae ----result was that the incidences of infant death sky rocketed as the woman could not sterilize the bottles, had no clean source of water , or refrigeration for liquid formulae.
In the town Sparky lives in a young mother went to a town park with her baby, sat in an area she thought was private and after covering both baby and her self began to feed her child. Along comes a woman from hell sees the baby's feet sticking out and begins to rant at the woman to get her perverted butt out of the park.
People near by that had not even noticed the mother, saw this crazy lady who looked as if she was going to assult the mother and baby.
They called the police and guess what, the mother was ejected from the park and the woman that had verbally assaulted her and child was allowed to stay.
People are nuts, before you know it a father changing his daughters diaper in a closed car will be called a pervert.
Rant over---for now, damn this stuff gets my goat.
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Must be one bitchin' ice storm going on in Hell, I totally agree with Vesta.
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Aw hell, I'll volunteer to milk the cows. I've got experience.
At least you're not volunteering to milk the bulls. Although I hear Thor and dutch have that one well in hand...
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At least you're not volunteering to milk the bulls. Although I hear Thor and dutch have that one well in hand...
..."So to speak."
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..."So to speak."
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and random bitchslaps.