For some reason this year tax preparation seems to be especially onerous. Maybe it's the knowledge that regardless of what has happened to my net worth recently, the government still has its hand in my pocket. And the money is going to either the Democrat Congress' or Mr. Obama's pet causes for which there will ultimately be very little to show.
But it's not so much the taxes themselves as it is the work involved in preparing the return. It's little wonder that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner gave up paying taxes for a while and little wonder that a huge industry has developed solely to prepare tax returns.
A flat tax would make life so much easier.
When I gripe about something on these pages I try to make an interesting point or at least a joke. Nothing but gripe today. Sorry.
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