Went to the post office to buy a few postcard stamps and they said they were nearly all out. People had been buying them by the roll to send out Get Out The Vote cards. “One lady bought a thousand! I’ve never seen someone buy so many stamps.” said our postmistress.
Our little state’s electoral votes may not matter much in the grand scheme of the general election, but we’re all doing our part.
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@[email protected] They likely aren’t, but those stamps should be treated as tax-deductible, at least if over some dollar amount was spent on them through the election season.
@JustRosy @jessamyn I hadn’t thought of this as a tax deduction. A roll of postcard stamps is a bit north of $100.
@Krosen_nw Well, like I said, I don’t know that it can be. Just think it should be, at least in the future, is all.
@JustRosy @Krosen_nw Yeah you’d have to have a pretty specifically-defined business for this to fly, but postage generally can be a deduction for a business that I know I’ve used in the past.
@jessamyn Yeah, that’s what I figured. Weird how a business could get a tax deduction for that, but not an individual. I cry foul!
@[email protected] Yep, tax law in the US greatly favors corporations.
@[email protected] Maybe what’s needed then is a non-partisan company that deals with this stuff, that people can become contracted members of, which can buy the stamps, get the tax deductions, and then let people come pick up the stamps for free? Could that even work, and would that be legal? If not, then nevermind, but I do think it’s unfair that businesses could at least potentially do such a thing, yet individuals definitely can not. I think it would make more sense, in the end, to update the tax code (this would mean less red tape and no one having to start a business over something like this). Anyway, just some thoughts.
@[email protected] Yeah tax deductions are very very complicated and also very very political. I’m definitely a “stay in my lane” person and try to work on the things I am able to affect (working on local initiatives, and library stuff at a broader level). No shade to other people who want to do this important work and do not want to pooh-pooh your idea (it’s a good one!), but I’m probably not the person to ask about it.
@[email protected] That’s alright. It was just “off the cuff” anyway. If people can find a legal, non-partisan way to do something about this, I say, “Go for it!” I just don’t personally know the right way to do it.