My second post of the day has been delayed, on account of myself and Turbo Tax trying to get my taxes done. This is a project I thought was (nearly) complete two months ago, but there was more left to be done than I realized. This post will have to do, I guess.
Alas, the BBB passed by Trump has skinned away many of my deductions of past years, thus forcing me to pay more in taxes. I am trying earnestly to keep that number to a minimum, but many deductions begin to phase out or become eliminated at an income of $146,000 for a couple, and that really isn’t a very high number.
The final bill is that I still owe slightly less than $3,000. In total, I paid more than $61,000 this year in taxes. The report from Amazon alone says I paid $1400 in sales taxes. It’s infuriating to see those numbers, then see people on Social Media saying taxes need to be raised. Why, I asked one of them, should someone who makes more pay a higher rate? If the percentage is the same for everyone, a person making $100k would pay 5 times in taxes what a person making $20k. That isn’t enough though. Some say that no one should have more than X amount of money.
The answer? Because, he said, they can afford it.
So because someone has more than you, you feel it is your place to steal what they have earned.
- If someone takes my money for his own benefit, he is a thief.
- If someone takes my money to feed his child, he is still a thief.
- If someone takes my money at gunpoint, he is a robber and a thief.
- If ten people take my money at gunpoint, they are a gang of thieves.
- If a thousand of my neighbors take my money, they are no better.
- If they all vote to have someone else take my money at gunpoint, at some point the left feels that this is legitimate.
The answer I get is “well, that’s called taxes.” I say bullshit. Taxes are so the government can provide for the general welfare. Taking someone’s money so courts, the military, and other services everyone benefits from is providing for the general welfare. Taking that money so Sharkeesh’a Negron and Juan Illegal* can sit at home and pop out a dozen kids without having to produce anything is not. It’s theft.
OK, I’m just working myself up, thinking that it takes me several months of work to pay my taxes.
To say the least, I am pretty grumpy and there will be some alcohol involved this evening. Of course, it will be taxed.
* As an example, see this post from 2010 where I outline just how profitable it can be to be an illegal immigrant.
7 Comments
Stealth Spaniel · April 7, 2026 at 4:04 pm
Believe me, I feel your pain. Especially since I have to deal with all of the lazy asses that work for or come into, the BigBox. Yesterday; Shanequa and her 3 similarly fat sisters, 2 with niglets that are screaming at the top of their lungs. In total-they spent $3000+ on potato chips, wine, Oil of Olay, and frozen convenience food. Then we start with the EBT cardS. Yep, plural, everybody swiping and whining…in the end they had to pay for the non food items. Oh the horror!! A woman in the personal shopping end of the store, tells me that she “needs” her EBT card cuz she has 3 kids. And it isn’t much-just $500 a month and that doesn’t go very far. Mind you-the woman is getting paid the same rate I am. Nice looking white guy, purchased lots of groceries and several bottles of whiskey. He tells me that it is tough having to pay cash for some items. No shit Shirley, I want to say. Instead, he informs me that it is too hard for him to work, cuz he needs extra rest and he can’t deal with stress. Then pulls out a wad of $100 bills……
I say, let these assholes keep their grift. All of it. But make them pay their own GD taxes on what they receive. EVERYBODY SHOULD PAY TAXES! I am beyond fed up.
Divemedic · April 7, 2026 at 5:27 pm
I loaned money to the government in the form of a series I savings bond. It cost $10,000 and paid $1300 in interest during the 3 years we had it.
So the government paid me to borrow some money, then taxed me to take a quarter of it back.
Honk Honk · April 7, 2026 at 4:56 pm
Democracy comrade, no shirking. The 51% decided fair and square.
Have some fweedom fwies if you have any money left.
@HomeInSC · April 7, 2026 at 8:14 pm
It appears that the waste, fraud, and corruption associated with government spending is eating a large share of the budget. It is disgusting, like tapeworms and vampire bats at the same time.
I propose the simplest possible method for reducing the bloodsuckers killing our nation: Cut useless departments entirely and cut the remaining spending by 50% across the board.
Less money equals less money to steal.
Divemedic · April 8, 2026 at 6:19 am
To many in Congress and in the Federal bureaucracy owe their living to the waste, fraud, and corruption. It won’t happen until the entire economy collapses, taking the nation and the world with it.
Steve · April 8, 2026 at 6:57 am
Yeah, I had not dug deep enough into the phaseouts, either. Our butcher’s bill is a bit higher, but we have to stroke checks to state and fed personal income tax totaling just under $11k, plus penalties. This is in addition to corporate tax. Kind of makes me wonder whether it’s worth hiring people in the first place. No, it doesn’t make me wonder. I’m just a moron for doing so, I guess. America is no longer a place that wants success.
Feral Underclass · April 8, 2026 at 9:34 am
Some say taxation is theft. That’s not entirely true. Taxation is extortion. If you don’t pay your taxes and hold out long enough, eventually men with guns will come and kill you.
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