Breast-feeding tax deductions stirring debate

[struggle4progress]

Monday, February 21, 2011
By Katie Park, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

... After Michelle Obama announced just before the IRS ruling that she would support breast-feeding as part of her campaign against child obesity, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., pegged the first lady's position as "hard left" and suggested she was creating a "nanny state." ...

"No wonder Michelle Obama is telling everybody, 'You'd better breast-feed your baby,' " Ms. Palin said. "Yeah, you'd better, because the price of milk is so high right now."

Previously, the IRS did not classify breast-feeding supplies as tax-deductible because it viewed them as nutritional benefits instead of medical care expenses. Under the new ruling, nursing mothers can write off breast-feeding equipment if they have flexible spending accounts or if their total medical expenses exceed 7.5 percent of their adjusted gross income.

The American Academy of Pediatrics, which has pushed the IRS for years to classify breast-feeding supplies as medical expenses, strongly supports the ruling, said Richard Schanler, chair of the AAP's breast-feeding section ...

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11052/1126906-84.stm


Outraged by breastfeeding? Vote Bachman-Palin 2012! :rofl:

[leftynyc]

1. 5 children and the twit

doesn't realize that babies don't drink milk. After she proclaimed "breastfeeding month". There is nothing the grifter wont complain about.