I always hate tax day.
It’s always a pain in the ass and I hate turning my money over to the State(s). As I see it, most of it goes down the rat hole.
When I was in high school I learned that medieval serfs were forced to hand over one-quarter of their crops to the seigneur. I thought that was outrageous (you can see my early free market leanings) and fretted about the unfairness of it all.
What does that make us today? And don’t tell me our tax system is voluntary.
Here’s my favorite spoof on government spending from Onion.
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well, that hole wasn’t deep enough to keep nancy pelosi from climbing out of it, was it? but that’s how rats are…
i’m wondering if you follow RealtyTrac’s data on foreclosure filings (march all time high) and if an analysis of what it means going forward would make a good column for the near future on The Daily?
I do and I shall be commenting on their latest numbers after today.
C’mon Jeff, it’s time to be patriotic. There are legions of federal employees out there depending on you.
funny utube!
Worst day of the year. If we were to remove income tax (and thereby 90% of the IRS) and add a reasonable VAT, would Americans learn to save more?