{"id":470,"date":"2005-04-18T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-18T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=470"},"modified":"2009-04-12T20:00:08","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T00:00:08","slug":"and-i-thought-i-hated-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/04\/18\/and-i-thought-i-hated-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"And I thought I hated taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally! Someone else who feels like I do during tax-time!<\/p>\n

Click on both of these articles and read them.<\/p>\n

I should sue the IRS for emotional abuse<\/a>
It is Fiday and springtime<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s some fun snippits, though, in case you’re too lazy to RTFA (as they say on Slashdot<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Which is only because if we hadn’t gotten married in 2004 and were filing singly, John would be getting a $1,000 refund, which in our actual circumstances is just coming out of what I owe for having the NERVE to be self-employed. It takes balls, let me tell you. Self-employed people have to pay twice as much social security\/Medicare tax as folks who work for someone else. Which is bullshit. Pure unmitigated stinky bullshit. Not “bullshit” as in something that isn’t true but “bullshit” as in something that is just f’n’ wrong. Blah, blah, I know, life isn’t fair but goddammiit. People should not be penalized for running their own friggin’ business. I am a one-person show here. I have a tiny office in my house with very little equipment and no overhead expense. No inventory and no losses, so not much to write off except a portion of the bills. So I get thoroughly nailed by the good ol’ IRS, that gleeful institution of bastards. It sucks and I am pissed off. Pissed off, I tell you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

Don’t even get me started about all the waste in govt spending. My head will literally explode in a fiery self-destruction of protest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

…April 15, which I like to call “the day I capitulate to the reality that the USA is actually socialist”…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, now that tax day is over, is anyone out there starting to feel more libertarian<\/span>? Hmmm?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finally! Someone else who feels like I do during tax-time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-rants","entry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-7A","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":547,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/06\/16\/microsoft-asks-for-help-from-hackers\/","url_meta":{"origin":470,"position":0},"title":"Microsoft asks for help from hackers","author":"Keith Survell","date":"June 16, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"This is actually quite refreshing, in a way. 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