Kind of adorable

The way this article is written, it reads like dark comedy.

I can’t remember without having it in front of me but I’m positive that’s your issue. Get a copy of the W-4 from your old job and fill out the same boxes on a new W-4 for your current employer and resubmit to your HR. That’s the only way to fix it going forward. It’s not something a tax preparer can fix for you.

Edit: does your employer have your current W4 online? Check to see what you put down. It could be they input the wrong withholding information but it’s usually an employee error.

This happened to my husband last year. He switched jobs at beginning of the year and filled out a new W-4 without really reading it. Job didn’t withhold NYC local tax and he owed 2k. Messed us up for 6months. You’re lucky it’s only $250. Most likely you filed out the W-4 at the new job incorrectly. Go to your HR and submit a new one. The sooner you correct it, the less money you will owe in the future.

Ask those black women if they were comfortable placing a three year old in a public school when they had the choice to simply not.

Umm do you know what nuance is? Y’all are the ones demonizing what I said. I did not insult welfare recipients.

Mothers staying at home are homemakers… what are you talking about?

Nothing, literally nothing I said was racist

How??

First of all I am a POC and nothing I said was racist. I was stating real world behaviors. Culturally POC mothers do not send children to govt schools until they have to for 1) safety reasons - a 3yo is still having an adult wipe them 2) because there is pressure from extended family to not over-Americanize and or under-culturalize your child. Aka the “remember we are not like them” conversation.

My second point regarding benefits Is 100% facts, if you already are hearing if from family “don’t take the baby to daycare with strangers” and the local govt provides SNAP, WIC, Health/Dental until the child is school age (5+) where is the incentive to use this program????

You would actually be doing harm to your community because a local Aunty/Grandma could watch your child under the guise of your own cultural standards(this is the socialization part) in exchange for cash or SNAP.

This literally happens every day in this city. You and the writers of the article, and all the commentators calling what I said racism; are out of touch with the reality of human behavior and motivations. Particularly, those pertaining to POC and the poverty stricken.

I never said anything about white folks because it’s not a issue of skin color. It’s cultural/ethnic morality that is on display in this problem. I wasn’t trying to single white ppl out but yes the middle and upper class whites of NYC face much less barriers to placing their children into these school programs at earlier ages because 1) the nuclear family is all that matters to them ‘culturally’ 2) they are more likely to be highly educated and working full time 3) they are not receiving govt benefits that incentivize staying home with their child beyond the ages of 1-2.

I wasn’t demonizing welfare but yes it’s true the current setup is unfair to lower middle and working class families. There should be universal parental benefits. I personally believe income eligibility should not be apart of SNAP at all.

Most mothers of color would stay home for a 3yo. With govt benefits there is zero incentive to use child care voucher BEFORE they are actually mandated to attend school. The snake eats it’s own tail. Now if your middle class and working and don’t receive handouts, regardless of ethic background you would be clamoring to get free childcare. That’s what’s happening in this story.

I thought the characters name was Frodo??