So, this year I had to write another check to the I.R.S., and again I wasn't happy. I made, what I thought were, the necessary adjustments and still I owed. But at least I didn't get caught in the A.M.T. trap that 2 other people I know did.
The A.M.T. has been talked about by politicians on both sides of the aisle, yet nothing has been done about it.
Why? Could it be because they both want to spend our money? Naaaahhhhhhhhh. We know only the Democrats spend our money.
So, I was sent a link about a government program that over spent its budget by hundreds of millions of dollars, is running late, isn't going to produce what was supposed to be produced, and is going to take hundreds of millions of dollars more to "complete".
Wonderful.
I have to sign onto an idea I heard somewhere else.
Let everyone who gets a check from their employer be responsible for sending in their own taxes. That way, when the government does something silly with our tax money, maybe the public will feel the pain and do more demanding on the public officials to spend our money better.
I guess I should mention that I get rowdy about taxes this time of year. And I guess I should mention that I was told that the A.M.T. will get more people next year and in 5 years, about 60% of middle class families are going to get hit.
So, why are the congress-criters not doing anything?