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04/23/2003 Archived Entry: "Infraxas with ...err... taxes"

Hate taxes. Hate them with a passion.

That's why I routinely have done them every two or three or four years instead of once a year like normal people. They make no sense! If the government is going to take percentage of my income, and they know what I make because my employer files my records directly with them, then why do I have to fill out a stupid 20 page document once a year? Couldn't they just figure that out and if by some miracle my employer overpaid for me send me a tidy little cheque at the end of the year? And if I didn't pay enough, then send me the proof of that and allow me to work on catching up?

No, they want to cause annoyance and pain.

I am a fairly smart guy, but how do I know if I want to claim a Mining Exploration Credit? How do I know if I have to pay Logging Taxes? How in the world do they expect the average dumbass that doesn't know enough to lock his car or check his own oil or wipe his shoes on the mat to know this!?

It's all in the name of keeping the citizenry quiet and docile. It's like playing a bloody lottery, filling out the ticket (tax form) and praying that you win (a refund). While people are working all that out the politicos can take trips to the coast of Spain to "see what other countries are doing about their dying tree frog populations".

Guess I'm heading to H&R Block tomorrow. Dammit.

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Yep...did that for 2001, but last year I got married, and Jen doesn't have a SIN number because she's not legal and their stupid form doesn't know what to do in that case. Posted by Greg @ 04/24/2003 11:22 PM PST