"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 20:02:54 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
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>>"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>news
>>> On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 18:31:00 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 3/23/2019 12:35 PM, Gary wrote:
>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Salisbury Steak used to be good. It's horrid now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Everything is horrid to you, Julie.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Not if it's brown rice and beans!
>>>>
>>>> My gardener is the one who eats the brown rice.
>>>
>>> I think it's cute that after 2 years you still refer to him as "your
>>> gardener" when that's the least of what he is. But if it makes you
>>> feel all high society, then knock yourself out.
>>
>>It is true that he's also my handyman and a friend. But he is the one that
>>takes care of my gardening and that is what I first hired him for. So I
>>refer to him as such. I am certainly not high society. I am currently
>>working on my taxes. Can't file yet as I'm waiting on some paperwork but I
>>do know my total income for the year and that total puts me below the
>>poverty level for this area. Poverty level being $72,000.00 per year. That
>>in and of itself is a joke. In order to qualify for any sort of assistance
>>here, you'd have to make less than $1,500.00 per month. If that's all you
>>make here, you'll be homeless unless you can find some sort of shared
>>living
>>situation. Gee... Maybe Kuthe could come here and... Oh, perish the
>>thought!
>
> I think you better get something like Turbo Tax so you don't really
> mess yourself up with the tax man. The program will guide you through
> everything. If you use Turbo Tax the program will get you every penny
> you can have and will search out every single deduction, line by line
> for you. I think Turbo Tax for your situation is $39 or so at Costco.
> Just read the back of the box to see which level of the program
> applies to you. The program will even submit your taxes to federal
> and state via Internet and let you know that your taxes were received.
> I' be real interested to know where you came up with a figure of $72K
> for poverty level for taxes. Those folks working at McDonalds in
> Washington state must make a heck of a good salary. Poverty level for
> tax purposes is probably less than $15K/year.
> Janet US

Uh... I've been using Turbo Tax for years. The online version!

The figure I quoted was on the news. It was hotly debated. Apparently they
did not say poverty but low income. Funny thing is, a lot of people have to
live on amounts less than that and they do not qualify for any assistance.
We just band together and try to help each other out when we can.

I believe the minimum wage here is $21 for Seattle. I could be wrong. I
don't work and I don't live in Seattle. It is a high wage though.