Start the day with a good fight with the IRS

The IRS and Kadizzle have had a few go arounds.  Yesterday when the Kadizzlites returned from the week long sail and went through the mail there was just what Kadizzle needed a letter from the dreaded IRS. Kadizzle has been using Turbo Tax, and it seems like their computer has a glitch. Turbo Tax did not report Kadizzle's Social Security income.  Kadizzle thought he had the mess straightened out by sending additional documentation to the IRS. No such luck.  The IRS operates with two left hands. So today is fight the IRS day.  Oh what fun.

Now this does not always come out badly.  Once upon a time Kadizzle went to the post office and got a real nice legal notice from the IRS.  That notice said Kadizzle owed fifty thousand dollars.  Kadizzle just about committed suicide, but took a breath and called the IRS.  When the phone call was over the IRS said they made a mistake and sent Kadizzle a check for two thousand dollars.  That outcome is not likely today. Kadizzle will settle for zero.

Kadizzle does not mind paying taxes.  Somebody has to pay for the parks, the roads, the research, and all the things we get from the government.  Government employees are humans and do their best to do a good job.  All this nonsense about destroying the goverment hyped up by Republicans can have some bad consequences.  Starve the government of funds and then expect excellent service?  Republicans love to say the government is inefficient, but never do they notice the most hungry inefficient part of the government, the military.  The United States spends as much on it's military budget as the next twenty countries combined. Talk about waste and abuse?  Well, every Republican wants to spend more.  Just in the last two weeks Kadizzle has talked to several people who are or were in the military.  They recognize the waste.  You can scare people into spending on the military, but you cannot get them to pay for education, pot holes in the road, or a cure for cancer.  

In the old days we all shared the burden of paying for taxes, but now the top earners have shirked their duty.  No one who has any understanding of the tax system can deny the tax system favors the rich.  A classic example is Social Security.  After 118 thousand dollars the rich do not pay a cent in social security.  That is an automatic 7% tax break.  Sure you can shake it, and bake it, and pretend like social security is not a tax. That is the Republican mantra.  The tax system worked when there was an inheritance tax.  The tax system worked when the rich paid their share, but now we want government services without inconveniencing the wealthy.  It simply does not work.

A simple fair tax system does not exist.  Why?  Well if you are a congressman and you want donations you need to promise special tax breaks for the rich who will give you money to get elected. So here we go.