Reader comments: Rebate excludes taxpayers with foreign spouses

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Stim | 5:27 a.m. May 12, 2008
This is a great idea: U.S. tax dollars for U.S. citizens only. I'm sorry if you feel you should get more for your Filipino wife. Has she contributed to our economy in some way? Probably not, so let's not spend money on foreigners.
xenophobe | 9:42 a.m. May 12, 2008
Stim- it excludes the American person as well as the foreign born spouse. Also, many of the foreign born spouses are working and paying taxes legally using a taxpayer identification number, but are not yet citizens so they don't have a social security number yet.
Anonymous | 12:02 p.m. May 12, 2008
You mean an individual file would not qualify?
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xenophobe | 1:56 p.m. May 12, 2008
Anonymous- apparently if they are married and file individually, the citizen can still get the rebate. But most people didn't know that and filed jointly, so neither spouse qualifies.

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