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Annoyance of the Day™: Income taxes

It’s April 14 in the US, so what could today’s annoyance of the day be if not taxes?

Of course, calling tax time an annoyance is like calling a leg amputation a minor medical procedure.  But the point stands.

The current system of taxing, deductions, and 9,000,000 pages of tax laws on the books is arcane.  Do I have a better solution?  Probably not.  OK, no, definitely not.  But I’m tired and grumpy from doing my taxes, so really the point here is to complain, not to fix things.  I’ll let people much smarter than me fix things.

But, on the bright side, I do live in Texas, so there’s no state income tax.  But I am paying 8.25% sales tax.

And on another bright side, there is the federal economic stimulus package.  I think that since over the past year I have proven that I will not be wasting my money not stimulating the economy and sticking it in savings accounts but instead driving business by purchasing critical items such as Rock Band for the PS2, I should get a bonus stimulus package. 

After all, if you get taxed more based on your income, you should be rewarded more for your frivolous purchases, right?  I think the logic there is as sound as any.

(Note: This originally was going to be a well-thought-out post discussing the economy, taxation, and solutions to an outdated system.  Or as well-thought-out as any of my blog entries. But instead you have this drivel.  And I apologize for that.  I encourage you, dear reader, to bring some intelligence to this topic in the comments section.)

Mon April 14th, 2008 10:55 pm

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