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It\u2019s in the 50s here on the mountain. The snow we had last week is melting fast, but I’m not putting my snow shovels or snow thrower away just yet.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s in the 50s here on the mountain. The snow we had last week is melting fast, but I’m not putting my snow shovels or snow thrower away just yet.<\/p>\n
February and sometimes March have been known to throw us curve balls and drop feet of snow on us at the darnedest times.<\/p>\n
There are a few things that I\u2019ve noticed this year. The dog never developed his super fluffy coat. The leaves on the maple and apple tree hung on for a really long time before dropping, and the cottonwoods and maple tree are already budding.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s thus far, been a mild Winter here. But there\u2019s still a month & 1\/2 to go.<\/p>\n
I often think the trees and the animals are better predictors of the weather than we are with all our technology.<\/p>\n
The various tax forms should be available now, and that means I\u2019m going to be working for the government sorting all this bullshit out. I\u2019m still working through all the tax nightmare left behind by the passing of my other half, and the COVID era. Apparently the accountant really fucked up the filings from 2019 on\u2026 So yipeee! I get to spend a ton of time unfucking the mess.<\/p>\n
I wish Trump would just do away with the IRS already! There are so many things I could say about them. Most of it boils down to just the plain weird stupid shit about our tax code.<\/p>\n
Chief among some of this is why is the tax code so damn complex? Why do we have an entire industry built around dealing with taxes that the fucking government takes right off the top, they know how much they\u2019ve taken, then they jump us all through hoops where we file in terror of making a mistake then they always find mistakes that cost us more.<\/p>\n
Why the fuck don\u2019t they just send us a bill? Better yet, go to a flat tax, Even better\u2026 Stop taxing us altogether!<\/p>\n
I\u2019m annoyed about it.<\/p>\n
I hate that over the past four years so much of our tax money was literally wasted on endeavors that did absolutely nothing for the American people.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve also come to reject the premise that taxes allow us to have a safe and productive nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That is absolute bullshit.<\/p>\n
With our taxes going up over the past 16 years, I submit that we do not have a safer more productive nation. In fact I would say it\u2019s exactly the opposite.<\/p>\n
Maybe I\u2019ll do some real research and then podcast about it.<\/p>\n
In the mean time, I\u2019m going to breathe, and see what I can do about enjoying this beautiful day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s in the 50s here on the mountain. The snow we had last week is melting fast, but I’m not putting my snow shovels or snow thrower away just yet. February and sometimes March have been known to throw us curve balls and drop feet of snow on us at the darnedest times. There are … <\/p>\n