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I found this out when researching care for my grandparent. You have to spend all of the money before they can be eligible for certain types of care. They make you get rid of it all or forfeit it.

https://www.ncoa.org/article/what-is-medicaid-spend-down/

Fez! I love the low stress puzzle game. I think it’s beautiful and smart. I love that it was made by one guy. It’s too bad he got burnt out and quit. He is very talented.

Not a cat, but I adopted a dog whose name was Doc. I started calling him Docky and that became Ducky and then he started responding to that so now that’s his name.

He has a brother named Dexter that I obviously call Goose lol

Thanks. Crazy how AMP was supposed to make it faster but instead it’s twice as slow.

You too!

Actually, yeah. Something visual would probably be much better. That’s a great idea! Next time the topic comes up I’ll try that!

If he is interested in something he’ll dive in head first. He reads so much! But if he’s not interested in something…that’s another story. It’s hard for him to fake it lol

We watch a lot of mini documentary on YouTube. I can’t believe I didn’t think of that before!

I would disagree with your premise but it’s not your fault. It’s my fault for not explaining it clearly

I don’t think not knowing something makes you stupid. Humans can’t know everything. We all have strengths and weaknesses. I know about taxes, but I don’t know shit about cooking. He cooks dinner, I deal with the bureaucracy situations.

Also, I’m don’t know if you’ve ever spent time with someone who struggles with ADHD and Neurodivergence but their brains don’t work like others. They can’t force themselves to do things that other people can tough out. They can study all night but if their brain can’t stay on track, they won’t be able to retain it.

When I come along and start telling him how tax brackets work, especially if he didn’t ask me, hes going to be frustrated and he’s not going to get through it easily.

I don’t know if he just doesn’t want to work OT and has settled on this excuse or if there is some other issue but it doesn’t matter. If he doesn’t want to work OT, that’s okay!

That’s fair. I appreciate your concern for me!

He’s not always like that. I didn’t mean to make him sound like a jerk. I just meant to relate to the topic of tax confusion with personal experience.

He had pretty severe ADHD and struggles with some topics. It’s okay! I deal with the money stuff and he cooks dinner. :)

You’re absolutely right. I cant speak for anyone else, as I don’t live there but I highly doubt the US is an exception.

Rather than being mad at each other, I want to make sure we hold the right people accountable! Governments, corporations, billionaires etc.

It’s a form of oppression.

This is true for many people I’ve talked to, but he does understand, on a basic level, how the brackets work. When it comes to the calculation parts, I think he gets frustrated with all the rules.

But it’s okay! I’m good at stuff like that and he can build pretty much anything. We all have our strengths. :)

Nah. He’s not an idiot. But he is impatient. He doesn’t handle paperwork or anything involving patience well. (ADHD)

I also think taxes in the US are intentionally over complicated and confusing. I don’t struggle with things like that but I can empathize with people who do.

Exactly, and it also depends on what withholding you have requested.