[StBernard] Your Tax Rebate:

[Westley Annis]

	We certainly have our horror stories; the trick is to stay one step
ahead, and frankly, after working with the governmnet for 3 years now; it
ain't that hard.  MsSimms

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	> Some more grate NEWS! If you didn't have ANY tax liability for
2007 guess 
	> what! YOU GET NOTHING, NADA, ZILCH. Oh Happy Days! 
	> BL 
	> ----- Original Message ----- 
	> > Well, we got shorted, hubby and I only got 300 each.....I guess
the 
	> > "usuals" 
	> > got our other 300 portions and it will be spent in da hood! It
was based 
	> > on 
	> > "tax liability" and since we lost everything in Katrina and this
was our 
	> > last year to write off the remaining losses, we got screwed
again! Got 
	> > enough to put gas in the cars this month! SUCKS!!!! ***One more
added 
	> > bonus 
	> > this year*** my state tax was reduced by a garnishment from
UNEMPLOYMENT! 
	> > Since we were both UNEMPLOYED after Katrina, we colle cted
unemployment for 
	> 
	> > a 
	> > few months until we secured other employment (which was reported
to UE) - 
	> > anywho, they apparently decided that (for some unknown reason)
they wanted 
	> > mine back! HUH? WTF is up with the government taking back
something 
	> > everytime you turn around??? I was employed for 20 years and
this was the 
	> > first time I was unemployed and not for long. It was all
reported and 
	> > they 
	> > did not over pay me so........anyway, they seized it from my
state tax 
	> > refund. Now I have to wait for the letter and begin another
fight! Our 
	> > government is seriously in need of some "cleansing"! When my
refund was 
	> > short, I called to ask why and they told me at that moment - no
letter in 
	> 
	> > 2 
	> > 1/2 years, no phone calls, no indication that they wanted to
look in to 
	> > anything, no time for me to pr oduce any proof they may need -
nothing! 
	> > They 
	> > just reach in and take it, no matter if they are right or wrong!
I am 
	> > sick 
	> > to death of having to fight for my rights as a tax paying, law
abiding 
	> > citizen. 
	> > 
	> > SMM