Another year, another tax day. Since I’m a SRF©, I have to write two checks. One is for my quarterly estimated taxes and the other is for the taxes I owe because I did not pay enough in withholding or quarterly estimated taxes. And, if I didn’t pay enough during the year, I have to pay a penalty. Bah!

One of the biggest frauds the gummint perpetrates on us is withholding. How many people look at their pay stub to see how much the gummint takes out in income taxes and FICA? Because the gummint takes out more than it should, thus getting an interest free loan, people at the end of a year get a refund and act like it’s a gift from the gummint. It’s your own freaking money doofus!

Neal Boortz used to put up a post every tax day where he would ask his readers to ask a friend or coworker how much money they paid in taxes. He predicted that the reply would be, “I didn’t pay anything. I got money back.”

That’s the beauty of withholding. The gummint takes more than it should and then gives some of it back during tax season and the citizens think the gummint is giving them money.

Uh oh! Looks like the Fake News Media messed up again. They’ve been saying for the last year that the Trump tax cuts weren’t really tax cuts and refunds would be down this year. They were wrong. Not only did people get more take home pay because of the drop in withholding, but their refunds are up. There goes that narrative.

Remember, the Dimocrats wanted everyone to think that the only ones getting tax cuts were the eeeee-vil rich. Speaker Blinkey called the Trump tax cuts “crumbs” and of course the propagandists in the Fake News Media were out there carrying her water. Now that people are getting their refund checks they see that the Fake News Media lied once again.

But back to withholding. If the gummint didn’t withhold taxes and everyone had to write a check to the gummint on April 15 there would be a huge tax revolt in this country. Just think what would happen if everyone had to pay taxes the week before an election. I wonder how many Dimocrats would get elected?

From Russ P.