Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Flat Tax

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Why the hell should you have to do that?  There's absolutely no reason except for our convoluted and bastardized tax code.   Why should the burden be on you.   Plus we are still rather poor college students and it's just stupid for us to spend half our refund on getting a refund..... People seem to forget that this is OUR money that the government has taken too much of.  It's not a refund.. It's not a refund at all.  That implies that you paid the proper price for something and something was returned to you for whatever reason.   No.. it's money that was stolen by our government and then they force you to pay someone or tear your hair out to prove to them that they stole it and return it to you.  It's not a refund, it's the criminal being forced to return what he stole and then you being forced to pay the court costs and lawyer's fees.

Why the hell should you need plausible deniablity?  If they weren't doing random audits and there wasn't such huge gray areas and exploits, there would be no need for plausible deniability.

People seem to think they are making a good investment by paying to get the largest tax return or paying to have to pay the least amount possible.  That's rubbish.  This should all be simple, 100% flat, and automatically accounted for.  There's no reason for each citizen in this country who is abiding by it's laws to send in a form once a year to be processed at great expense and postage and checks cut and sent at great postage expense, and an entire small nation of squinty-eyed people to try to catch you making mistakes or defrauding the government.

Tell me that that $250 couldn't be better spent in your life.  Tell me how many hours you have to work to earn that $250.  And don't for a second try to justify it with the argument that it pays for itself in a larger return.  That argument is false.  The stolen money belongs to you anyways.. You shouldn't have to pay to get it back and tear your hair out trying.

Dave Lloyd wrote:

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Christian M. Cepel wrote:

  

Btw.. it's not just H&R Block and CPAs and lawyers who are making a killing
every year around tax-time.  It's also the pharmaceutical companies  and
psychiatrists and physicians who patch people up who become over distraught
over dealing with this crap.  I tell you, I know that I myself have a huge
painful knot in my stomach even when my taxes are easy... Terrified that my
dumb-ass government is going to choose me at RANDOM and audit me, or that I'll
make some mistake and have committed a state or federal offense.  I know a lot
of people who just have to retire from life at tax time because they are busy
organizing receipts and so stressed out over this crap that they can't enjoy
their normal everyday activities.
    

I only spend about $250/year to have our accountant do our taxes which
buys me:

1. Plausable denaibility
2. Spares me something I really like doing (only slightly less than
   drywall).

It sounds like you're spending far more than this on therapy.  Why not
take some advice from your economics class and maximize your returns.
If the accountant eliminates your stress more efficiently, you should go
that route.

--dlloyd

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