Timing is everything, right?
Yesterday, like many – err, make that some Americans, I was putting the finishing touches on my 2012 tax returns (which are due in a couple of days).
Like some – err, make that a few Americans, I have to pay income taxes.
Yesterday morning I swallowed hard and wrote out the check … the big check.
Lots of money … at least half of it will be out-and-out wasted by a cost-bloated government machine,
Most of the rest will be spent on stuff that I don’t agree with or support.
OK, it’s still my civic duty, right?
Tried to put taxes out of my mind.
Then, President Obama unveils his new budget.
The chart below tells the story.
Lots of taxes and some phony “savings” against grossly escalating budgets.
Bottom line: those who already paying all the taxes should pay even more …
Couldn’t the President at least had the courtesy of waiting for the ink to dry on my check before calling me out as a piker and saying I wasn’t paying my fair share.
Gimme a break, man.
You’re making ME want to stop working …
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April 11, 2013 at 11:13 am |
Don’t forget that your’s (and my) 2012 tax dollars are also funding Prez O’s recent celebrity outing’s with likes of Tiger Woods, Jay-z, etc. — nice to know these dollars are going to great causes.
April 11, 2013 at 11:28 am |
Ken, Given that there are so few taxpayers I wonder if it would be more efficient if we would each just be assigned a Zip Code and we would just directly cover the costs of gov’t for that area?
April 11, 2013 at 1:11 pm |
If there’s a silver lining in this, the check you wrote this year was likely lower than the check you would have written next year.
April 12, 2013 at 1:45 pm |
and then the cold comfort of “at least we are not Cyprus” vanishes when you read this… Now he’s after your 401K http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324050304578412932073225110.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read