Tax Time

Well it is tax time again. No not the time you have to pay them, the time to talk about them. "How much do you pay?" At least that seems to be the question on a lot of people's minds. Or maybe it is "Did you pay any taxes?" Okay the cognoscenti among you already think that I am talking about Mitt and his taxes - and I would like to, but everyone else is and I like to be a contrarion sometimes.

I pay my taxes. (I am not sure I can confirm anyone else I know who ever has. It is not something people talk about it unless they are running for office.) You all know I have because I have written  about the IRS and the challenges their requirements give some of us honest poor people who try to understand and adhere to them. The rules are elliptical and not designed for us (or me at least) to understand especially if it is something Quicken Tax does not explain - or not even provide a form for. Probably some of you have been in this situation. Did you call the IRS to get an explanation? You may have gotten one but did you understand it? I called them a couple of times and the person on the other end who worked for the IRS was each time totally baffled by my question. If that is the case how am I supposed to do deal with the issue? 

Bottom line to me is that the tax laws and codes are written specifically to be difficult to understand - and I am guessing not to benefit me. I would like in this tax season to have someone like Mitt explain the tax laws to me. If he can do that and answer the questions that the IRS cannot accurately answer for me, I will vote for him for sure. I make the same offer to Barack. Explain the laws to me and I will vote for you. Period. 

I fully expect to not be obligated to vote for anyone this year based on this offer.

My thinking on this, is that if someone is to be our leader he or she should be able to explain the laws of this country to me. Reasonable I think. Once they have answered my tax questions I'll then ask them to explain the electoral college.

A thousand million questions that I am sure I will never have adequately answered.