What do you hate most about taxes?
By“Tax season always begins on April 16th, and ends 365 days later.”
“There are only two certainties in this life: death and taxes. I’m thinking I’ll have better luck cheating death.”
“When there’s a single thief, it’s robbery. When there are a thousand thieves, it’s taxation.” ~Vanya Cohen
That’s right, folks, it’s that glorious time of the year when we have to fill out piles of forms to ask the government to give us back what they stole. So let’s do something fun to lighten the mood: VENT.
What do you hate most about taxes? Let everybody know in the comments, on Facebook, or if you follow me on Twitter via ReTweeting and @replies. I’ll compile the results in a couple of days and write more about it… Be funny, be silly, be serious, be you – but say SOMETHING or share a great quote!
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10 Comments
March 30th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Besides the fact that it’s theft, I think the taxation newspeak bothers me the most. They refer to their victims as “customers”, claim that what the do is a “service”, and call the loot they plunder “contributions” or “obligations.” Those are just a few examples of their sickening verbiage. I have much more respect for burglars and robbers. At least they’re not deceitful or patronizing about what it is that they’re doing.
March 30th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
I think the thing I hate the most is how the government has fostered this mindset that we should be grateful to them for whatever tax refunds you get. As if the money isn’t yours to begin with…
March 30th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I hate being forced to “voluntarily” give all that information to the government.
March 31st, 2009 at 10:05 am
“Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money?” ~Jesus Christ
March 31st, 2009 at 11:12 am
It’s not what I hate most, but it’s a pet peeve…
If it turns out you have paid too little tax they will charge you interest on what you ‘owed’ them. If it turns out they owe you, they don’t pay interest. It’s a little thing, but it gets on my nerves.
March 31st, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Most of my life I’ve paid taxes with the same attitude I have when using a campground outhouse; You hold your nose, make sure you have all your paperwork in order, and do what you need to do as quickly as possible.
April 4th, 2009 at 10:20 am
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April 4th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Not knowing the cost of the taxes prior to transacting certain business. I therefore, shy away from certain transactions only because the taxation level is unknown at that moment.
April 6th, 2009 at 11:55 am
One of the things I hate most is something you’ve already touched on: the lost productivity, not just in what individuals lose by having to complete taxes, but the careers that are made in tax instead of productive activities, as well as the loss of that money spent on taxes instead of something actually productive.
The other thing I really really hate is how despite all the EVIDENCE that tax money is spent irresponsibly and usually only funds these pipe dream projects which, going uncompleted, require more taxes to fund them, people still insist that taxes are necessary to provide public goods.
I’m sorry, for what public and for what good? Are they perhaps referring to the slums that Obama helped create in Chicago with tax subsidized developments? Or to the most expensive military in the world and thus feels the need to be “doing something”? Or perhaps our police force which consists mainly of egotistical jerks who think they have the right to enter our homes without warrants, beat us up, kill our animals, and leave with a warning?
Yes, I think what I hate most about taxes is the public good theory it “justifies”.
April 14th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
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