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I think lisah is trying to say:
1- MO has a STATE tax credit they give to MO people who have adopted children - regardless of where the children came from.
2- MO is looking for a way to cut their own state expenses.
3-MO is considering limiting the STATE tax credit so that only people who adopt children in MO get the credit - people who adopt outside MO and bring the children to MO would *not* get the credit any more.
Is that what you're saying, lisah?
If so, then I am always personally disappointed when a benefit I counted on is no longer there. But I also consider tax credits to be a benefit that *won't* always be there! Tax rules and benefits change yearly, and it is not wise to base a future financial decision on them. It is a state's responsibility to spend their money wisely, and as long as the state is giving enough notice that adoptive parents can replan their budgets if necessary, then what they are doing is completely within reason.
Especially since most states have chosen to not give a state adoption credit at all, and that when they cut their budgets they cut the amount of money spent on children in state care. Between cutting out a tax credit and cutting out maintanence money for special needs kids - I'd vote for cutting the tax credit any day. But I wish it would come to neither. I would definately hope and pray that they would not change their rules without adequate notice - perhaps ending the credit next summer instead of this one.
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