{"id":1079,"date":"2008-04-15T07:47:13","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T11:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2012-12-18T10:31:49","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T15:31:49","slug":"tax-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/04\/15\/tax-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yep, it’s that time of year again. April 15th in the United States has a special meaning – it’s tax day. File your yearly income tax return OR ELSE<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Normally I’d spend all day ranting and raving about how much I hate the IRS (which I do) and how taxes are evil (which they are) and so forth. But honestly I’m just too tired to do that today.<\/p>\n

I had my taxes prepared professionally this year – the move, along with some other things, introduced some complexities to my return that I just didn’t want to deal with, so I paid some people who’s logo is a rather uninspired green square to do it for me.<\/p>\n

Of course, that doesn’t mean I’m any less angry at the IRS for taking my money away from me. What was that quote… ah yes, that April 15th is “the day I capitulate to the reality that the USA is actually socialist<\/a>.” So true, so true.<\/p>\n

Not to dampen anyone’s spirits, but if you’re feeling pretty happy today because you’re getting a refund on your taxes, just remember – that’s your money to begin with. You just “lent” it to the government, interest free. Nice deal for them, eh?<\/p>\n

Ah, taxes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yep, it’s that time of year again. April 15th in the United States has a special meaning – it’s tax day. File your yearly income tax return OR ELSE! 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