RTO and No Childcare.

[Anonymous]

3 years ago I did quit my job and I do watch the (feds) neighbors' kid while the parents go to work. I'm home with my own 2 kids, so why not? 8-5. Simple meals, library, park, play in the yard, nap, 2x walk/ wagon around the neighborhood, educational 60 minutes TV time while I make dinner. What's to complain about? I am paid 200/day cash. No pressure, no commuting, no boss, no deadlines, no aholes for coworkers. Parent provides food, snacks, pays daily in cash. It's terrific.

DH (fed) and I do all chores; no outsourcing.DH happy to be in office full-time (has been for last 3 years; his preference; he is very social and hated working from home.).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3 years ago I did quit my job and I do watch the (feds) neighbors' kid while the parents go to work. I'm home with my own 2 kids, so why not? 8-5. Simple meals, library, park, play in the yard, nap, 2x walk/ wagon around the neighborhood, educational 60 minutes TV time while I make dinner. What's to complain about? I am paid 200/day cash. No pressure, no commuting, no boss, no deadlines, no aholes for coworkers. Parent provides food, snacks, pays daily in cash. It's terrific.

DH (fed) and I do all chores; no outsourcing.DH happy to be in office full-time (has been for last 3 years; his preference; he is very social and hated working from home.).

I hope you are reporting your income on your tax returns so you are earning payroll credits and also contributing to our nation’s finances. Really odd to me that a bunch of federal employees want to flaunt our payroll tax system for under the table childcare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3 years ago I did quit my job and I do watch the (feds) neighbors' kid while the parents go to work. I'm home with my own 2 kids, so why not? 8-5. Simple meals, library, park, play in the yard, nap, 2x walk/ wagon around the neighborhood, educational 60 minutes TV time while I make dinner. What's to complain about? I am paid 200/day cash. No pressure, no commuting, no boss, no deadlines, no aholes for coworkers. Parent provides food, snacks, pays daily in cash. It's terrific.

DH (fed) and I do all chores; no outsourcing.DH happy to be in office full-time (has been for last 3 years; his preference; he is very social and hated working from home.).

OK but you have to hang with kids all day. That’s pretty much why I go to work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3 years ago I did quit my job and I do watch the (feds) neighbors' kid while the parents go to work. I'm home with my own 2 kids, so why not? 8-5. Simple meals, library, park, play in the yard, nap, 2x walk/ wagon around the neighborhood, educational 60 minutes TV time while I make dinner. What's to complain about? I am paid 200/day cash. No pressure, no commuting, no boss, no deadlines, no aholes for coworkers. Parent provides food, snacks, pays daily in cash. It's terrific.

DH (fed) and I do all chores; no outsourcing.DH happy to be in office full-time (has been for last 3 years; his preference; he is very social and hated working from home.).

I hope you are reporting your income on your tax returns so you are earning payroll credits and also contributing to our nation’s finances. Really odd to me that a bunch of federal employees want to flaunt our payroll tax system for under the table childcare.

Tax fraud can result in losing security clearances, hopefully they’re audited.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3 years ago I did quit my job and I do watch the (feds) neighbors' kid while the parents go to work. I'm home with my own 2 kids, so why not? 8-5. Simple meals, library, park, play in the yard, nap, 2x walk/ wagon around the neighborhood, educational 60 minutes TV time while I make dinner. What's to complain about? I am paid 200/day cash. No pressure, no commuting, no boss, no deadlines, no aholes for coworkers. Parent provides food, snacks, pays daily in cash. It's terrific.

DH (fed) and I do all chores; no outsourcing.DH happy to be in office full-time (has been for last 3 years; his preference; he is very social and hated working from home.).

I hope you are reporting your income on your tax returns so you are earning payroll credits and also contributing to our nation’s finances. Really odd to me that a bunch of federal employees want to flaunt our payroll tax system for under the table childcare.

Tax fraud can result in losing security clearances, hopefully they’re audited.

Very few people get caught for this unless they are consistently writing checks. They can easily lie and say a family member watches their kids. This is assuming they are audited.

Childcare is a huge deal when you have young kids but otherwise you forget about it. Even someone auditing you may not consider it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3 years ago I did quit my job and I do watch the (feds) neighbors' kid while the parents go to work. I'm home with my own 2 kids, so why not? 8-5. Simple meals, library, park, play in the yard, nap, 2x walk/ wagon around the neighborhood, educational 60 minutes TV time while I make dinner. What's to complain about? I am paid 200/day cash. No pressure, no commuting, no boss, no deadlines, no aholes for coworkers. Parent provides food, snacks, pays daily in cash. It's terrific.

DH (fed) and I do all chores; no outsourcing.DH happy to be in office full-time (has been for last 3 years; his preference; he is very social and hated working from home.).

I hope you are reporting your income on your tax returns so you are earning payroll credits and also contributing to our nation’s finances. Really odd to me that a bunch of federal employees want to flaunt our payroll tax system for under the table childcare.

Tax fraud can result in losing security clearances, hopefully they’re audited.

Very few people get caught for this unless they are consistently writing checks. They can easily lie and say a family member watches their kids. This is assuming they are audited.

Childcare is a huge deal when you have young kids but otherwise you forget about it. Even someone auditing you may not consider it.

You’re right, this is tax fraud and it’s rarely caught even though it’s illegal and contributes to the tax gap. From a policy view what bothers me is the systemic underreporting of primarily women’s income which results in them qualifying for less social security. I guess if you’re comfortable with this because you’re unlikely to be caught, similar to how most people think of shoplifting, you go for it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3 years ago I did quit my job and I do watch the (feds) neighbors' kid while the parents go to work. I'm home with my own 2 kids, so why not? 8-5. Simple meals, library, park, play in the yard, nap, 2x walk/ wagon around the neighborhood, educational 60 minutes TV time while I make dinner. What's to complain about? I am paid 200/day cash. No pressure, no commuting, no boss, no deadlines, no aholes for coworkers. Parent provides food, snacks, pays daily in cash. It's terrific.

DH (fed) and I do all chores; no outsourcing.DH happy to be in office full-time (has been for last 3 years; his preference; he is very social and hated working from home.).

I hope you are reporting your income on your tax returns so you are earning payroll credits and also contributing to our nation’s finances. Really odd to me that a bunch of federal employees want to flaunt our payroll tax system for under the table childcare.

Tax fraud can result in losing security clearances, hopefully they’re audited.

You are so jealous!

[Anonymous]

NP: The cash my DW earns from her childcare income pays for our groceries, gas, clothing, household maintenance, emergency fund.. We are able to set aside a fair amount of my income for retirement plus pay extra toward the principle on our home mortgage. We are on track to pay off a 30-year mortgage in 20 years. Best of all: she can raise our 2 children with no strangers involved. She just takes care of 1 or 2 more kids while raising our own.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3 years ago I did quit my job and I do watch the (feds) neighbors' kid while the parents go to work. I'm home with my own 2 kids, so why not? 8-5. Simple meals, library, park, play in the yard, nap, 2x walk/ wagon around the neighborhood, educational 60 minutes TV time while I make dinner. What's to complain about? I am paid 200/day cash. No pressure, no commuting, no boss, no deadlines, no aholes for coworkers. Parent provides food, snacks, pays daily in cash. It's terrific.

DH (fed) and I do all chores; no outsourcing.DH happy to be in office full-time (has been for last 3 years; his preference; he is very social and hated working from home.).

OK but you have to hang with kids all day. That’s pretty much why I go to work.

I hope to god you are not a mother with that attitude.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3 years ago I did quit my job and I do watch the (feds) neighbors' kid while the parents go to work. I'm home with my own 2 kids, so why not? 8-5. Simple meals, library, park, play in the yard, nap, 2x walk/ wagon around the neighborhood, educational 60 minutes TV time while I make dinner. What's to complain about? I am paid 200/day cash. No pressure, no commuting, no boss, no deadlines, no aholes for coworkers. Parent provides food, snacks, pays daily in cash. It's terrific.

DH (fed) and I do all chores; no outsourcing.DH happy to be in office full-time (has been for last 3 years; his preference; he is very social and hated working from home.).

OK but you have to hang with kids all day. That’s pretty much why I go to work.

I hope to god you are not a mother with that attitude.

Many people are better parents because they work FT. I hope to god you understand that people are wired differently.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 years ago I did quit my job and I do watch the (feds) neighbors' kid while the parents go to work. I'm home with my own 2 kids, so why not? 8-5. Simple meals, library, park, play in the yard, nap, 2x walk/ wagon around the neighborhood, educational 60 minutes TV time while I make dinner. What's to complain about? I am paid 200/day cash. No pressure, no commuting, no boss, no deadlines, no aholes for coworkers. Parent provides food, snacks, pays daily in cash. It's terrific.

DH (fed) and I do all chores; no outsourcing.DH happy to be in office full-time (has been for last 3 years; his preference; he is very social and hated working from home.).

I hope you are reporting your income on your tax returns so you are earning payroll credits and also contributing to our nation’s finances. Really odd to me that a bunch of federal employees want to flaunt our payroll tax system for under the table childcare.

Tax fraud can result in losing security clearances, hopefully they’re audited.

You are so jealous!

I save my jealously for grand larceny, this sort of tax fraud is more sad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 years ago I did quit my job and I do watch the (feds) neighbors' kid while the parents go to work. I'm home with my own 2 kids, so why not? 8-5. Simple meals, library, park, play in the yard, nap, 2x walk/ wagon around the neighborhood, educational 60 minutes TV time while I make dinner. What's to complain about? I am paid 200/day cash. No pressure, no commuting, no boss, no deadlines, no aholes for coworkers. Parent provides food, snacks, pays daily in cash. It's terrific.

DH (fed) and I do all chores; no outsourcing.DH happy to be in office full-time (has been for last 3 years; his preference; he is very social and hated working from home.).

OK but you have to hang with kids all day. That’s pretty much why I go to work.

I hope to god you are not a mother with that attitude.

Many people are better parents because they work FT. I hope to god you understand that people are wired differently.

No point in having kids. What a loser.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3 years ago I did quit my job and I do watch the (feds) neighbors' kid while the parents go to work. I'm home with my own 2 kids, so why not? 8-5. Simple meals, library, park, play in the yard, nap, 2x walk/ wagon around the neighborhood, educational 60 minutes TV time while I make dinner. What's to complain about? I am paid 200/day cash. No pressure, no commuting, no boss, no deadlines, no aholes for coworkers. Parent provides food, snacks, pays daily in cash. It's terrific.

DH (fed) and I do all chores; no outsourcing.DH happy to be in office full-time (has been for last 3 years; his preference; he is very social and hated working from home.).

OK but you have to hang with kids all day. That’s pretty much why I go to work.

I hope to god you are not a mother with that attitude.

Many people are better parents because they work FT. I hope to god you understand that people are wired differently.

No point in having kids. What a loser.

I have teenage children and have worked full time since they were babies, my mother did the same with me. We all have great parent / child relationships and have been personally successful, strong marriages too. I would be much less happy now and likely resentful if I had spent years at home changing diapers. Not all women want to spend 24/7 with young kids, though I have no criticism of those who do.

[Anonymous]

I guess that tells you that people don’t get much work done at home because they’re taking care of their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess that tells you that people don’t get much work done at home because they’re taking care of their kids.

No, it tells me you can’t read.