Comments on: Paying the Tax Man – And the Postman

By: Tano

Tano — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:19:12 +0000

"While we pay an inordinate percentage of our income in taxes..."

In what sense is it inordinate?

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:04:16 +0000

Steve: Well of course it doesn't! Only in the land of Oz does it work differently, and I don't mean Australia.

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Blue Crab Boulevard » Feeling Proud - We’ll Help! — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:02:24 +0000

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By: Steve Verdon

Steve Verdon — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:45:30 +0000

Yeah, but hte $4 is still wasted from a social stand point. As is all the time you spent doing your taxes, purchasing computer programs to do your taxes, money spent having others do your taxes etc. All one ginormous waste since it really produces nothing, but merely re-arranges the economic pie, so to speak.

By: TJIT

TJIT — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:45:16 +0000

James you said,

running a continental superpower is expensive and paying for that is a duty of citizenship.

I suspect more tax money is spent on entitlements then on being a continental superpower. According to the article linked below about sixty percent of current spending is to entitlements and payments to individuals, twenty percent is for national defense. The Stubborn Welfare State Somehow providing providing tax money to ADM to make ethanol and providing tax money to senior citizens to by viagra does not seem to be spending related to being a continental superpower. I think in your attempts to be reasonable you miss just how unreasonable much government spending and tax policy is.

By: Jeff Q.

Jeff Q. — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:38:22 +0000

Got a surprising amount back, not as a result of screwing up anything though. First time filing married and the student credits I got coupled with our income level got us a decent check to put into the savings account.

I filed taxes (and my FAFSA) in early February since the priority deadline for financial aid here was Feb. 14.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:27:44 +0000

The check owed was such that we likely earned more than $4 in interest by delaying. Still, moving out W-4, W-2, 1099 world is interesting.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:20:51 +0000

I got my return in weeks before the deadline, but watched to see when my check was posted. That was several days ago, so no panic was necessary.

After taking the whack for self-employment taxes, I was happy to save the four bucks. It's at least another pound of good coffee!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:53:07 +0000

Did you catch the article in the Post this morning on how most Northern Virginia governments are not even going to bother looking at cutting spending, and instead have simply decided to raise our taxes even more?

More good news!

/sarcasm