I did my taxes with those H&R Block, Turbo Tax free software online.. I worked and supported myself after high school living on my own with a roomate, worked making about $7,000 and paid taxes.. I also paid for my school bill of $1,198 myself and recieved the IT form, I have no felony, was at WVU university @ parkersburg ( a real school) and was enrolled FULL time in a degree based program. Both H&R Block and Turbo Tax says that I can't get a education credit!?!?! WHY NOT! I need that money to pay for my tuition again.. ADVICE

1. Tax Reform * Eliminate Taxes on Dividends and Savings. The basis of capitalism is savings, and Americans who do so should be rewarded. o Pass HJ Res. 23 to encourage savings over consumption. * Repeal the Death Tax. Attacking small businesses and breaking up family farms smothers growth and kills jobs. o Pass H.R. 2734 to make the Bush tax cuts permanent. * Cut Taxes for Working Seniors. Grandmothers and grandfathers working to make ends meet should keep all the fruits of their labor. o Pass H.R. 191 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits. * Eliminate Taxes on Social Security Benefits. That money belongs to seniors, not the government. They paid into the system for a lifetime, and they should be free to spend every penny as they see fit. o Pass H.R. 192 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. * Accelerate Depreciation on Investment. We need to help companies grow and create jobs. o Pass H.R. 4995 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce corporate marginal income tax rates. * Eliminate Taxes on Capital Gains. Investment should be embraced and rewarded. o Pass H.J. Res 23 (The “Liberty Amendment”), proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens. * Eliminate Taxes on Tips.The single parents and working students who earn their income chiefly through tips deserve to keep all of their money. This tax on "estimated income" is unfair and should be ended. o Pass H.R. 3664 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that tips shall not be subject to income or employment taxes. * Support the Mortgage Cancellation Relief Act. Working families who lost their homes should not be punished a second time with a big IRS bill. o Pass H.R. 1876 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from the gross income of individual taxpayers discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations. 2. Spending Reform * Reduce Overseas Military Commitments. Our bases and troops should be on our soil. o It's time to stop subsidizing our trading partners in Europe, Japan and South Korea. * Freeze Non-Defense, Non-Entitlement Spending at Current Levels o I vote against all bloated, pork laden spending bills and will veto them as president. 3. Monetary Policy Reform * Televise Federal Open Market Committee Meetings. An institution as powerful as the Federal Reserve deserves full public scrutiny. * Expand Transparency and Accountability at the Federal Reserve o Pass H.R. 2754 to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to continue to make available to the public on a weekly basis information on the measure of the M3 monetary aggregate and its components. * Return Value to Our Money. Legalize gold and silver as a competing currency. o Level the long-term boom and bust business cycle by passing H.R. 4683, which would repeal provisions of the federal criminal code relating to issuing coins of gold, silver, or other metal for use as current money and making or possessing likenesses of such coins. 4. Regulatory Reform * Repeal Sarbanes/Oxley. It has seriously wounded our capital markets and helped make the UK a financial center at our expense. o Ending these misguided regulations would bring jobs flooding back to the United States o Pass H.R. 1049 to reform Sarbanes-Oxley and reduce the burden it places on small businesses. * Repeal or Remove Costly and Unnecessary Federal Regulations. Neighbors know best how to help their neighbors. o We need to make it easier for community banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions to better serve their communities and to help people in these communities get access to credit and capital. o Pass H.R. 1869 to enhance the ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and for other purposes.

I filed my taxes yesterday (1/24/08). I did the e-file through H&R Block (they prepared it), and it's set up for direct deposit in about 8 to 15 days according to them. Today, someone told me that they passed some kind of bill/law regarding rebates that people could be getting back. I'm an individual tax payer (not married), and I'm not a homeowner. I am also 25, if that matters at all. I've heard that it apparently affects people making less than $75,000 a year, and as an individual taxpayer, they can get a tax rebate of up to $600. I read a news article about it, but the article was written in a confusing way, so I'm just looking for some verification from others that this is correct. The news article that I read stated that the "tax rebate deal could mean checks by May." May is obviously a good length of time away from now. I've already filed my taxes, and it seems logical to me that most everybody else will have filed their taxes before May, as well. So, how will this affect me, and will they just automatically send this out to people whenever we get to the date it's supposed to happen? I just wanted to make sure that there's nothing else I need to file for to receive this, when it comes about. Also, will this have any affect on homeowners?

H.R. 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 `For purposes of this subtitle: `(1) COMMISSION- The term `Commission' means the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism established under section 899C. `(2) VIOLENT RADICALIZATION- The term `violent radicalization' means the process of adopting or promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or social change. `(3) HOMEGROWN TERRORISM- The term `homegrown terrorism' means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives. `(4) IDEOLOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE- The term `ideologically based violence' means the use, planned use, or threatened use of force or violence by a group or individual to promote the group or individual's political, religious, or social beliefs. `SEC. 899B. FINDINGS. `The Congress finds the following: `(1) The development and implementation of methods and processes that can be utilized to prevent violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence in the United States is critical to combating domestic terrorism. `(2) The promotion of violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence exists in the United States and poses a threat to homeland security. `(3) The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens. `(4) While the United States must continue its vigilant efforts to combat international terrorism, it must also strengthen efforts to combat the threat posed by homegrown terrorists based and operating within the United States. `(5) Understanding the motivational factors that lead to violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence is a vital step toward eradicating these threats in the United States. `(6) Preventing the potential rise of self radicalized, unaffiliated terrorists domestically cannot be easily accomplished solely through traditional Federal intelligence or law enforcement efforts, and can benefit from the incorporation of State and local efforts. `(7) Individuals prone to violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence span all races, ethnicities, and religious beliefs, and individuals should not be targeted based solely on race, ethnicity, or religion. `(8) Any measure taken to prevent violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence and homegrown terrorism in the United States should not violate the constitutional rights, civil rights, or civil liberties of United States citizens or lawful permanent residents. `(9) Certain governments, including the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia have significant experience with homegrown terrorism and the United States can benefit from lessons learned by those nations. uhhh. Freedomforall.....where did it say civilian targets?

1) "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." 2) "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." 3) "The term `homegrown terrorism' means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government..." -The first is a quote by Thomas Jefferson. -The second is a quote by James Madison. -The third is taken from a new bill, H.R. 1955, recently passed by a 404 to 6 margin, called the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. With three pieces of legislation--the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act and this new one--our government has given itself the framework with which to invisibly and tyrannically control its citizens.