I filed my taxes on Tuesday. I'm getting $6 back from the Feds. Pretty good planning on my part. I hate to loan the gummint money interest free. That's what overwithholding does. I owe Georgia money. I always do.
I know how to straighten out the tax code real quick. Move election day to April 16. Tell the politicians to simplify the code or they won't get reelected. I would love to see a bunch of politicians lose their jobs over our Byzantine tax code. Hell, even the IRS doesn't understand half of it. Shall I retell my audit story?
I invested in a dubious tax shelter about 20 some odd years ago. One of the investors got audited and the IRS gave him numbers that they approved. I filed an amended return using those numbers. I got audited. When I informed the auditor that the numbers I was using had been OK'ed by the IRS he told me that it was a different office that did that. The rules change from office to office? Evidently so. He told me I could pay up or take them to court. Paying was cheaper.
The liberals at the Atlanta Urinal and Constipation have their panties in a wad again. Y'see, the "working poor" who take loans against their refunds to get the money sooner are being exploited by having to pay exorbitant interest rates. This is just wrong to take advantage of these poor people.
Cry me a farking river! They can't wait another two weeks for their refund? That's about what it takes with e-file. And a lot of these poor exploited people don't even pay taxes. Thanks to the Earned Income Tax Credit, the gummint gives them money. What's wrong? Can't wait two more weeks for the handout? Gotta buy the beer, cigarettes, and lottery tickets.
Yeah. I'm a heartless bastard. I get that way every year about this time. I love sending money to Washington for politicians to throw it away on stuff that must have the Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.
Just when was it that the Republicans decided that they could outspend the Dimocrats? They've always been willing to outspend them on defense, but at least they would try to starve widows and orphans to save money. Whatever happened to making old folks eat dog food so they could afford prescription drugs? Whatever happened to declaring catsup a vegetable? That's the Republican Party I want to see.
I pay my taxes to support the military industrial complex. All this goody goody social safety net crap has got to go. I want to see poor people suffering dammit!
I pay taxes. Give me my money's worth.
Posted by denny at April 13, 2005 08:45 PMYike O Rooney!
Am I finding myself in agreement w/Denny on the first-pass of a post????
B'God, I AM!!!! Oh DEAR!!! What will my Liberal Houshold SAY?????
Dan S.
I agreed with all of it. ESPECIALLY the social safety net bullshit. Who works to support others? Support your family, fuck everyone else. I want military, defense, and CIA spooks. I don't want happy old people, food stamp moms, or dead beat dads.
Unless they are strapped with nukes.
Posted by: Josh Fahrni on April 14, 2005 03:42 AM"Give me my money's worth."
That'll never happen Denny. Inherently, government cannot spend as efficiently as private parties, although I agree the first step in that direction is elimination of the safety net.
Has anyone done a study to see how dog food producers are hurt by the slowing demand from elders no longer consuming their product?
No, that's not why dog food sales are down-they are down because I keep eating dogs who piss on my keyboard.
Posted by: Josh Fahrni on April 14, 2005 01:24 PMGotta admit I'm in lockstep with you on this one Denny.
Posted by: Jack on April 14, 2005 10:29 PMGet rid of withholding and make everyone pay quarterlies, like us poor self-employed schmucks have to.
The riots would begin the day the first one was due, and they would not cease until Washington was in flames and every politician and bureaucrat in DC was hanging from telephone poles.
Here are two great e-cards for tax day.
Screaming Banshee Does Taxes (I can identify with this one.)
http://tinyurl.com/4ug67
Huge Refund
http://tinyurl.com/4c8cr
Funny, I don't ever recall getting "beer, cigarettes and lottery tickets" with my George W. Bush Super-Sized refund.
Instead we get durable goods, like a brand new washer and dryer (no laundromat for us, we are such uppity rednecks). We also got two 27" TVs, I got a PDA once, paid lots of bills and other sundry silly things.
I think you'd find this more often than not to be the case instead of your poor-dumb-bastard stereotype. We can't all forgo having a family and socking every dime we make into investments to buy phallic replacements (Beamers) or get loaded up on Wine that most people don't even know exists (and yet manage to get through life just fine without).
Posted by: Neo on April 15, 2005 06:03 PM"Give me my money's worth."
Fortunately the government is incapable of doing that -- I certainly don't want all the government we pay for; I would not mine paying for QUITE a bit less though ;-).
Posted by: Bob on April 16, 2005 03:58 AMNeo - Maybe next year they'll give you a sense of humor with your refund. Did you take out a loan on your refund? Those were the people I was making fun of. If the shoe fits ...
Sorry Dude. The Beemers have nuttin' to do with my sex drive. I like fast, well engineered cars. I also have a pickup so I guess I'm an upscale redneck. I also like fine food and good wine. I worked hard to be an evil rich heartless bastard. Now I'm enjoying myself. BWAHAHAHAHA!
Posted by: denny on April 17, 2005 09:16 PM