Wife and I sat down this weekend and plowed through the wonderful, fabulous process of reminding ourselves how much we love being an American. That's right, we did our taxes on the old 'puter and ciphered out how much we owed the guv'ment for our cover charge to be patriotic citizens. I had purposely put it off because I had a feeling that we'd owe this year. Boy was I right.
We got killed this year. We owe literally thousands of dollars to the Feds. I can honestly say that I did not use that much national defense last year.
Now I do not consider myself a wealthy man (other than in my life choices of course), but I'm not starving on the streets. I can afford my mortgage and have enough money left over for the odd electronic trinket when I feel the compulsive need to go to Best Buy.
I'm reminded of a line from Friends. When Rachel gets her first paycheck she asks, "Who is this guy FICA and why is he taking all my money?"
That being said, I got a couple of hundred bucks from the State. How that is possible is beyond me. So apparently, I'm using a lot of Federal Services but not so much from Michigan. It makes no sense.
I do think I'm going to take my state loot and go to the indian reservation and parlay it into nothing. Or buy Lotto tickets. Both smart strategic investments.
Did everybody get killed this year or was it just my lucky turn?
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Your money came to me and I think I used your portion of the national defense. Thankyouverymuch. I wholeheartedly appreciate it.
And you're quoting Friends again? What the...?
I also had to pay - both to the Feds and the state. But luckily it wasn't thousands - just hundreds.
BTW, good luck at the casinos! Hope you are one of the few who actually come out ahead.
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