It's tax season! Don't panic and rush off to file an extension, there's still plenty of time for that. It's just that I have seen commercials for tax services (Like H&R Block) that promise you huge refunds and I was thinking of how that contrasted with teapublicans who insist that Americans are "Taxed...Enough....Already.... One commercial says that Americans who do their own taxes are leaving something like $500 million on every seat, in every stadium, in the NFL. Well, something ridiculous like that. I've been to NFL games. You leave any money there it is property of the NFL and you will NEVER see it again! And, the NFL won't pay taxes on it because- somehow- they are a non-profit organization. Story for another day, I guess. They play on Sundays so, maybe they are a church? I'll look into that.
The thing is, Americans getting refunds is as common as ever, even with Benevolent Dictator Until 2017 Barack Obama running roughshod over the country. The majority of people who are not billionaires or the NFL, are eligible for refunds. It still is a matter of how you do your taxes and deductions and yada yada despite what people in tri-corner hats might tell you. It isn't the "Fuck you- PAY ME!" like the FOX says. That's not likely to change. Unless republicans get in the White House...
The various tea parties are quite disingenuous when it comes to taxes. They're all over the place really, even saying with straight faces that millionaires should not be taxed and poor people should.
They think taxation of the rich punishes success but don't mind taxation if it's punishing the poors. That boggles the mind. If it were a philosophy it would read like: "From those who have the least to those who have more than can be imagined or spent in a fucking lifetime!"
Wait a minute- I think that's "The Capitalist Manifesto"! It sounds familiar.
That's not quite our system but, it could be if the Koch brothers and other one percenters ever came out of the revolutionary closet and owned up to the bullshit rhetoric they finance. If they don't pay, you do. It's that simple. Poor people have nothing to give. This is because they are poor. Next in line is you. Then the line ends.
And, ya know, broke-ass, allegedly middle-class teapublican assholes would go for a plutocracy where they (and the poors) support the wealthy "if it would get rid of that Obama!!!"
They can't wait until 2017 when someone else takes the oath of office because they can't take the chance that their party could be bothered with running somebody that 51% of the voting might like to put in as president. Fat chance of that, even if Christie does slim down.
Ya know what? No matter what you hear, think, feel about taxes it's the only way a nation of 310+ million people maintains itself. Taxes are not going away. Nor will they 'get lower' if Congress stops spending money on welfare or any other entitlements. You can kid yourself about that. Your teapublican Congressman can kid you about that. Sean Hannity can kid his viewers about that. But it's never going to happen. EVER! So, don't kid me. They'll just spend your money somewhere else.
I'm beginning to think they've also been lying about Obama "...coming for all our guns...any day now..." Perhaps other things too....
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