Nothing hits you quite like a big shock to the wallet. No big tax benefit for yours truly. Just on the fringe of the upper percentages, the biggest impact was thousands of dollars into the AMT pothole.
Where the hell is the outrage about the tax benefits for the very wealth and the fact that Tramp has never released his tax statements? What other politician would get away with that? And only because he doesn’t give a shit what normal people think about him.
I’ve had this idea for years as a form or protest – first to Regan, then Bush Sr, and definitely to Bush the lesser. What if we all filed our returns on time, meeting the legal requirement, BUT DON’T PAY ANYTHING. Let them come after millions of us. And in the meantime see how they can spin that as anything other that a popular uprising against what a mess the government has come to be.
And I blame the do-nothing-but-bend-over Democrats as much as anyone. Politics as usual is getting us into an awful situation with the economy, the environment, peace, and just pure decency.
I just wish I had the guts to do it.