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Tuesday, April 15, 2008


Tax Day 2008.
It's the ugliest day of the year, isn't it? Pay your taxes for all those counterproductive, wasteful federal and state programs--and a handful of useful things, too.

But the burden of government is not confined to what happens when you write a check. There's also the time required to gather forms, assemble papers and take on other tasks. For example, it took an hour out of my day last week to drive to my tax-preparer's office to pick up the forms.

By the way, here's one (often mentioned) way to make our tax burden sensible: do away with withholding. Make everyone write quarterly checks, or even a yearly one, for their taxes.

Did you know that you work until late April every year just to pay your taxes? This year, April 23 is "Tax Freedom Day," says the Tax Foundation.

If you need a pick-me-up, try out their blog post tax humor.

No, I didn't find it that funny, either.

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"Justice Louis D. Brandeis'?s metaphor of the states as "laboratories" for policy experiments ... had almost nothing to do with federalism and everything to do with his commitment to scientific socialism. .... To this day, it continues to inhibit a truly experimental, federalist politics." -- Michael S. Greve

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