We've been conditioned to feel bad about paying our taxes, so this is the time of year when everybody is supposed to piss and moan about what a horrendous burden we're all carrying.
Maybe it's just my contrarian nature, but I kinda like it. I think it's a good thing to add it all up once a year to see where you stand. And when I take a close look at it, I think I'm gettin' a pretty good deal here.
I live in a great part of a great country; I can go where I wanna go, and I can do what I wanna do, and I really don't have to worry a lot about the basics. There's a lot I'd like to see improved. There's plenty to be done to get some balance back into the power structure, etc - that's all a given. If you want democracy, you have to practice at it. My point is that when I'm in the "28% Bracket", and I actually pay less than 16% of my total income for both Federal and State taxes, I find it hard to complain about the "burden". We had a boatload of deductions last year, but still, 16% total? That's cheap.
Random thought: with all the wacky shit that goes on in Congress, how long before some knucklehead stands up and proposes that what I pay in taxes this year should be allowed as a deduction on my taxes next year? Just wonderin'.
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