Wasting Time With Alex

Tax season

I just noticed when I checked my banking information online this morning that the IRS cashed the check I sent them. Uncle Sam is claiming to have collected enough dough from individual filers to hit a new record: $48.7 billion to be exact. The previous record was $36.4 billion in 2006. The moneys talked about are those withheld from individuals over the course of the year, but paid to the government before this year’s April 17 income-tax deadline. Government is expected to suck $2.5 trillion dollars out of our economy this year. The bulk of that cash will go to pay for social spending that buys politicians votes. What a waste.