The Indiana House and Senate reached a deal Thursday to return more than $1 billion in surplus revenue to taxpayers in a failed effort to provide “inflation relief” to struggling Hoosiers.
Your grand total of the take, Mr., Mrs., or “decline to identify” Indiana taxpayer: $200 bucks. Or in layman’s terms, “screw you.”
The House and Gov. Eric “Lockdown” Holcomb initially proposed more money. Bless their hearts. How gracious.
Senate Republicans, however, who also refuse to revoke the gas tax, didn’t want direct payments to Hoosiers at all. Or in layman’s terms, “Shut up and be happy with what you got, peasant.”
Wait a minute… Let me do some math here… $200 bucks… Price of a Tesla Model 3 is $47,000… Yep! You’re 0.425% of the way to an all-new electric car (tax and license fees excluded). That baby will be sitting in your garage in no time… Or wherever you decide to park it after getting evicted from your home or apartment. But don’t worry; the Tesla Model 3 sleeps a family of 2.5 quite comfortably.
Hoosiers who filed a state tax return last year will receive direct payments… Eventually… Sometime… Fingers crossed… Look, chances are your heirs will probably be the ones to receive it as you’ll be taking a dirt nap by the time the check clears. Make sure your estate is in order.
Please Note: Those who didn’t file a return last year and receive Social Security benefits will have to file a state tax return next year to get the $200 via a tax credit, making that tax credit worth a grand total of $180 after accounting for the current annual rate of inflation.
Kendall & Casey Hot Tip: Use that $200 to rent a U-Haul and move to a state that doesn’t make it a habit to financially molest its citizens.
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