It’s that time of year. April 15th. The deadline for filing taxes in the United States. Or the last day before summer break if you’re a CPA. The news is filled with tax stories about procrastinators and tips of where to get your envelopes stamped so you can mail your returns on time. Shocker, we do this every year, maybe you should figure it out by now. As annoying as these news stories are, they aren’t the most annoying thing about early April. The most annoying thing is the people bitching about taxes.
No one likes to share their money. In the words of the 2001 flick Heist: “That’s why they call it money.” It seems no matter the tax situation, everyone hates paying their taxes and thinks they are paying too much. I’m not going to debate the politics of proper amount of tax or taxation methods. Instead, I just want to say, “Shut the fuck up about paying your taxes.”
Everyone hates paying their taxes. But, with the limited exception of Wesley Snipes and some public officials who are stupid, everyone pays them. Your money goes to some very worth causes no matter your political perspective:
- Schools, Roads, Courts, other ‘civil services’ that people take for granted
- Emergency response services like FEMA, National Guard, Coast Guard Rescue Services, Police, Hospitals, Fire Services and many others.
- Security services like the Military, TSA, FBI, CIA etc. Fighting terrorism.
- Science. Curing things and solving problems
- Taking care of the sick and the needy
- Taking care of the wealthy and the reckless
- Keeping criminals in jail
- Many, many others.
It doesn’t matter what your political perspective is you will think that some of these services are wasteful or unnecessary and some are absolutely vital. The fact remains is that when given a different perspective, someone will say the exact opposite services are vital and the others are wasteful and unnecessary. It’s all a matter of political perspective.
Pay your damn taxes and quit bitching about it. I’m sorry that your $40k paycheck is only $32k in net pay or that your $500k paycheck was cut by 40% before it made it to your pocket. Boo Frickin Hoo. It’s not a new phenomena. General income taxes have been around in western society for centuries. It’s a fact of life. If you like having a military or other force to protect you, not having homeless and needy begging on the side of every dirt road, or even having safe(r) cars to drive on safe(r) roads or hospitals to take people to when the cars wreck on said roads, then shut up and pay your taxes. You aren’t clever or witty about it. Everyone wants to pay less taxes.
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