Tax Rant

[Gman]

I didn't realize that getting a pay raise would mean that I have to pay for everyone else's goddamn food stamps. Is this how the game works? Real Americans working their butts off have to pay for all the fucking leaches that are sucking our life out? Seriously, how do you guys deal with this shit? How do you feel about paying 15%+ to the federal government who just turns around and wastes your hard-earned money?

I had to come up with $8K 2 years ago, $7K last year, removed all of my deductions and still have to come up with over $3K this year. 15% I wish...

We're not "wealthy", but make too much according to the IRS to deduct losses from a rental property.

I sure feel like I'm on a canoe ride and I can hear Dueling Banjos...

To think that the nation fought a revolutionary war over a 2% tax.... My, how times have changed.

[HoneyBadger]

We're not "wealthy", but make too much according to the IRS to deduct losses from a rental property.

You're a 1 percenter, aren't you?

I really don't think deductions should exist. You should not get a "bonus" at tax time because you invested poorly, have student loans, lived on food stamps, and are a single mom with 8 kids. There should be no deductions at all.

Then again, there should be no income tax. There shouldn't be single moms with 8 kids living on food stamps, and the federal welfare programs shouldn't be growing by 30-50% every year. If federal assistance programs actually worked, every year we should see a decrease in the number of beneficiaries, right?