Apr
18
2005
Fell off the face of the earth
0Fell off the face of the earth
Ok.. not really, but I've been busier than a one armed paper hanger. Generally speaking it's a good thing, but enough is enough already.
Taxes
Did you file on time?
American taxpayers spend $200 billion and 5.4 billion hours working to comply with federal taxes each year, more than it takes to produce every car, truck, and van in the United States.
The Gettysburg address is 269 words, the Declaration of Independence is 1,337 words, and the Holy Bible is only 773,000 [I don't know what version the author was referring to] words. However, the tax law has grown from 11,400 words in 1913, to 7 million words today.
There are at least 480 different tax forms, each with many pages of instructions. Even the easiest form, the 1040EZ has 33 pages in instructions, and all in fine print.
Taxes eat up 38.2% of the average family's income; that's more than for food, clothing and shelter combined.
Each tax season, Americans go through 236,000 gallons of coffee and 1.2 million cigarettes while preparing their returns.
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