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    Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

    I keep my Twitter posts minimally political, but you'll have to excuse me for a second while I address something near to my heart: Adoption.

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      2. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        If you don't know, I'm the adoptive father of two beautiful boys and I can honestly say they are the best part of my life.

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      3. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        As tends to happen with these things, I've also come to know multiple other adoptive families as well.

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      4. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        We all have different reasons for adopting, but regardless of why we can all agree on one thing: Going through the adoption process SUCKS.

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      5. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        Totally worth it, considering what waits on the other end, but it is a long, invasive, and (crucially) very expensive process.

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      6. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        And that brings me to the political angle: The GOPs new tax plan eliminates existing adoption assistance programs.pic.twitter.com/rma4j1haC9

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      7. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        I can say with absolute confidence that eliminating that credit WILL prevent people from adopting. No question. Because it's EXPENSIVE.

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      8. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        So for many families that credit is the only hope they have of actually being able to afford having children.

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      9. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        Now, you might say: "If they can't afford the adoption then wouldn't they struggle to actually pay for the daily needs of child?"

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      10. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        Nope, it's orders of magnitude difference, depending on the exact route you take to do the adoption.

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      11. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        Most people get funny about giving numbers, but I think it's worth it to drive the point home: Our first son cost us approx. $50,000

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      12. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        That's mostly adoption agency and legal fees, but also travel, hotel, medical, and a bunch of smaller misc. stuff.

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      13. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        And what you have to understand is that almost all of that is paid either at the point you are matched or when the child is placed with you.

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      14. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        So picture being in the hospital, holding your new baby boy, in a different state, while lawyers are calling saying: "We need $30,000 TODAY"

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      15. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        "...Or we can't start the process to let you keep the baby." That sounds malicious, but it's really just legal reality.

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      16. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        And nobody gives out loans on babies. So tell me: If you needed to how would you come up with $50k in a lump sum?

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      17. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        You probably don't just have it in the bank. If you're a Silicon Valley engineer like me maybe you have company stock. (Thank goodness!)

        3 replies 67 retweets 839 likes
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      18. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        If you're able to afford a house, maybe you can take out a second mortgage. (This is really common among families that I know.)

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      19. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        And if not... well you can ask for donations from friends and family, maybe a few personal IOUs? I really honestly don't know.

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      20. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        And for many families the only thing that lets them push through that MASSIVE barrier is the knowledge that they can get that tax credit.

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      21. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        It's a non-trivial amount that it covers. Depends on situation but it can easily be 10s of thousands that comes back to you.

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      22. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        Which may let you pay back a decent chunk of that second mortgage, or repay that friend that fronted you several thousand. It matters.

        3 replies 74 retweets 852 likes
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      23. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        And yes, that all sucks. It's worth it for the families that adopt, to deal with the financial strain to have a family.

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      24. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        Even for me, a Google Engineer, adopting pretty much drained our financial resources at the time. I can't imagine how most families do it.

        4 replies 163 retweets 1,179 likes
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      25. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        So it's infuriating to see the "Pro-life, pro-family" GOP repeatedly make these kind of blatantly anti-family moves.

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      26. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        (For the record there's a whole pile of bad in that tax plan. I'm just focusing on this one aspect.)

        2 replies 116 retweets 1,277 likes
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      27. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        So adoption tax credit goes away and families simply can't adopt any more. Period. Do you think people will stop having babies, though?

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      28. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        Obviously not, and the tiny child tax credit bump in the plan won't change the reasons most parents place their kids for adoption.

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      29. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        So realistically we're just creating more foster kids, which is definitely a bigger drain on govt. resources than the adoption credit.

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      30. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        And in the meantime good families go without children and kids go without permanent homes. There's zero up side to this.

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      31. Brandon Jones @ 🏠‏Verified account @Tojiro 2 Nov 2017

        And for what? So the wealthy can pass on their fortunes to their kids tax free? It's disgusting.

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