YEAH! Tax day, baby!

[The_Rorschach]

"Perhaps the rich ought to pay all or most of the taxes, and everyone else should be left alone."

Actually, this is a pretty stupid comment, or woefully naive, I can't decide which. In a capitalistic environment, where many people's goal is to become rich, depriving them of their wealth will only decrease their willingness to be successful - or increase their willingness to live outside the United States. Tax money is used for the benefit of all, whether its paving roads, sustaining the military, or providing reduced cost healthcare, and often times, the poor gain more from the taxes they pay rather than the rich. It needs to be a burden carried by all, and the rich - whether you believe it or not - actually carry a great deal of it.

As to paying taxes. . .

My income is pretty shotty, I got six grand in loans, four grand in grants, a thousand dollar scholarship and a part time job which I only put roughly seventy five hours in to (making 1138 dollars). My tax return is like a hundred bucks so I didn't bother filing. The Revolutionary war wasn't fought over taxation, it fought over taxation without prepresentation.. My only regret today is that I could not pay more.