Comments on: Tax Deduction or Local Fame: What’s More Important? http://www.noodad.com/wp/master_debaters/tax_deduction_or_local_fame_whats_more_important wiping asses and taking names since 2006 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:31:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Nutmegger http://www.noodad.com/wp/master_debaters/tax_deduction_or_local_fame_whats_more_important/comment-page-1#comment-705 Nutmegger Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705 If it were as simple as you suggest, I\'d take the tax break most years. First of the century or decade? Then we\'ll talk. You\'ve also got to consider that the 30 seconds of local news fame will come on New Year\'s Day, a day when most people are hungover, watching football, or both. No one much cares about local news that day and on many channels it will come on at weird times around football. Additionally, when deciding whether you\'d want a 12/31 or 1/1 baby think about the state/school district you\'re in. My home town had a 12/31 birthdate cutoff for kindergarten enrollment. Thus, the oldest kids in a grade were the January babies and the youngest were the Decembers. Do you want your kid to be the big kid of the little kid? I was a little kid and got by just fine... Of course, from what I understand most schools operate on an August or September cutoff. If it were as simple as you suggest, I\’d take the tax break most years. First of the century or decade? Then we\’ll talk.

You\’ve also got to consider that the 30 seconds of local news fame will come on New Year\’s Day, a day when most people are hungover, watching football, or both. No one much cares about local news that day and on many channels it will come on at weird times around football.

Additionally, when deciding whether you\’d want a 12/31 or 1/1 baby think about the state/school district you\’re in. My home town had a 12/31 birthdate cutoff for kindergarten enrollment. Thus, the oldest kids in a grade were the January babies and the youngest were the Decembers. Do you want your kid to be the big kid of the little kid? I was a little kid and got by just fine… Of course, from what I understand most schools operate on an August or September cutoff.

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