Mike is right that exemptions do not lower PAYROLL tax. SCVGuy is right that exemptions lower income tax WITHHOLDING.

Can’t we all just get along?

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For a small lesson on how taxes work – Yes, you can claim more dependents to have LESS taken out of your income taxes on your pay check.

Disclaimer: These comments are not designed to provide any tax advise. For more information on taxes you should talk to an accredited tax consultant.

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@NickelDime – not true

My SSN was stolen and an illegal used it for 18 months to gain employment in N Cal. He claimed 20 dependents!! so had NO taxes taken out of his paycheck. Guess who they called to pay those taxes… ME! And it only took me 20 months to clean it up with the IRS.

Please educate yourself on facts before you spew nonfactual lies.

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I am Former Councilman TimBen Boydston and in the interest of full disclosure I am a candidate for City Council in our April election.

When I was on the City Council in 2007, I worked very hard to establish a Code of Ethics for our City. This very Council with the exception of Council Member Ender who was not yet elected, passed our Ethics Code. A violation of our City’s ethics code is a serious matter. This code dictates the way that you, as representatives of the people, are to conduct yourselves while serving the citizens of our great City.

On January 16th Council member Kellar exercised one of the great freedoms that we have in America, The Freedom of Free Speech. While I disagree with some of the things that Mr. Kellar said, I stand in his defense for his right to say them. In fact while serving my country in the military, I pledged my very life to preserve this freedom, as did Mr. Kellar when he served.

However, during our term as City Council Members, we are not allowed to advocate, without declaring, that we are not speaking for the City Council. The Law is very clear on this and there is no ambiguity. I quote “[members] shall explicitly state that they do not represent their body or the City of Santa Clarita.” In watching the video of the January 16th event, this statement is never made. Council member Kellar was introduced as a public official from our City. It was his responsibility to state that He was not representing the City.

As to the contents of Mr. Kellar’s speech, I believe that Mr. Kellar did not intend for his remarks to come out the way they did. The assertion that Mr. Kellar made using the term racist is not appropriate in any context. It is inflammatory. The persuasive device used “if this then that” failed miserably. I appreciate that Mr. Kellar said in an interview with KHTS that he wished he had not used that word.
A simple apology for the use of that phrase, and for an unintended breach in our ethics code would be all that would be needed to put this turmoil to rest. I call upon our honorable City Council to ask for that simple apology.

As to the illegal immigration issue, that discussion does not belong in a forum of shouters in an outdoor park, but rather here in our representatives’ chambers.

Illegal immigration is a Federal issue but our Federal Government has failed to address this issue, and it impacts all of us.

So I recommend that the City Council form a citizen’s task force made up of all of the diverse elements of our great City to study this issue, and bring forward recommendations to the City Council of ways in which we the people of Santa Clarita can encourage and help our State and Federal Government to solve this problem.

May God Bless the City of Santa Clarita, and May God Bless America.

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I agree on starting with employers but, you need people to buy your goods and services and when you drive down wages to lower your costs you will eventually be shooting yourself in the foot because no one can afford your goods due to the lower wages. It amazes me how people don’t get that. The middle class is being destroyed slowly but surely.

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