EZ Pay Taxes

 

Come on down folks. Time to pay your fair share to live in this country. It’s easy peasy. Two little math problems (ask your kids to help if necessary), sign your name, drop it in the postal blue box and you-are-done.

Don’t forget to put your credit card number or bank debit or some form of acceptable currency the government can use to buy bullets, pay manufactures for planes and warships, to feed the armies around the world and fix the bridges and stuff.

It cost some scratch to live in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Braves (but the indigenous people will have to change that). This is the Federal Government and they know how to spend money. They buy plots of land and call them states. They tout we are the greatest, most powerful and ‘wealthiest’ country on the planet, but we can’t seem to balance our budget without borrowing from some other countries bank.

So here is you chance to donate to all the neat stuff this government can spend money on. It only comes around once a year that the feds come a knocking with their palms out.

Just like tithing to your house of worship, you are giving your fair share so our elected officials will have the dough to makes laws, holidays, restrictions and regulations.

What about all the exceptions and exemptions and deductions and credits?

To simplify the tax system and get rid of all those other forms, this is the Federal Income Tax for dummies. No explaining to the IRS why your money should not be charged because you bought a home or paid sales tax or are down on your luck or want to charge off your hairdo as a business expense.

You got X amount of money. The Federal Government wants 15% of it to pay the bills. If you don’t like it, elect a different congress representative who can balance a budget.

Last year I suggested the government just sends a bill. They know how much money you have. They know how much tax you’ve paid. They know where you go to work, church, buy your gas and food, how many televisions you watch and how many offspring you’ve made (they are giving you a $12,550 deduction on every person in your household so keep at it). Your philanthropy is nice but not a deduction and churches are a business and should pay their fair share with no exemptions.

I’ve mailed my taxes in and will await the deposit or an audit letter. Next year I’ll probably try the online service, but when I can mail an envelope for 15¢ rather than give away my credit card number, the snail-mail is good enough for me. The refunds have always been like an unexpected bonus for vacation or special purchase.

Uncle Sam is waiting. The clock is ticking.