I’ll confess it’s my own fault that it takes me all day. Whereas in a past life I may have been the most organized construction foreman on the planet I completely fall apart with sock drawers, tool boxes and important paper work. Even with the help of the online tax service I use which thankfully saved so much of my information from the previous year an entire day was spent doing my taxes. A large portion of the day was spent looking up forgotten passwords for accounts, medical insurance providers, Social Security and I.R.S among others including the online tax service I use. Last year I vowed I wouldn’t go through this shit again and compiled a little book of all the necessary passwords and for the life of me have no idea where I hid it. So it’s a case of accessing the links sent to the email and answering secret questions before typing in the code sent to the phone and then be told that changing the password to the current password is not permitted…. let’s not even touch on the fact that some of the answers to the secret questions were not readily available either.
Like many I pay towards Tax Day on a quarterly basis but this year those payments were pared right down with the thought that I just might cop a break with the rather large out of pocket medical expenses that so effectively bled a bank account into near throes of death. Well, to my dismay at the end of the day I still owe a few bucks. Not enough to break out into a sob mind you , just enough to feel a sting and since I have until April 15 to pay I got to thinking about my options. We do have options here in America , we have plan B’s and perhaps more of them now than ever before. One option would be to become a multi millionaire CEO of a corporation and enjoy unneeded tax breaks ” Like no one has ever seen” …. hmmm, that might work …. if only I had the time … or
Or I could just refuse to pay. Perhaps I could refuse to pay and when confronted storm the nearest I.R.S. building and smash the doors and windows while loudly bellowing the belief that the I.R.S. is a corrupt organization run by Radical Left Wing Lunatics. Add in the oath of undying loyalty to the ruler and using today’s new found standards of American justice I’d receive my pardon and get off scot free. Why shouldn’t this work?
Back to reality now …. I know that if I did that and received my pardon and all the honors to go with it that one day in the future I’d slip . I’d likely drop my guard and carelessly allow a spy overhear me complaining of the fish kills and red tide on our beaches along the ” Gulf of Mexico ” and everyone would know I’m not a true maga. Maybe it’s just safer to pay the tax bill …… it would certainly be more honorable …..
