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metatron207 t1_jde9t1i wrote

>there’s a tax deduction that allows teachers to get extra money back for anything they put in Out of their own pockets beyond what the school has budgeted for

Your whole comment is trash but I had to highlight this part, it made me giggle. Deductions don't change your tax liability directly (that's credits), they change your taxable income. You need a big change to have any impact. The educator expense deduction tops out at $300, and unless a teacher has a bunch of other deductions, they're probably not itemizing anyway -- which makes this deduction 100% worthless for those educators.

The idea that a $300 deduction, which only exists because your fellow citizens refuse to fund education well enough that you don't have to spend your own money on supplies, is somehow this game-changing perk in favor of teachers is hilarious.

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metatron207 t1_jd9172u wrote

Reply to comment by MoistLobst3r in Maine's Energy future by mainething

> why does it have to come out of our pockets

It's either that, or it comes out of the pockets of those who are already wealthy, and they continue to charge us for the privilege of accessing infrastructure that should freely benefit everyone. I'd much rather pay my small part of these costs and have it available to everyone than help the rich get richer.

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metatron207 t1_itk41wz wrote

Reply to comment by Winter-Mongoose in Limerick, ME by Mikerm3

I'd say a little of both. I wouldn't want to end up driving single-wide cliffside roads even if I was stone-cold sober, to say nothing of it being nighttime.

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