Open letter

[mousme]

Dear government asshats,

Please stop sending me letters telling me you've "revised" my tax claim for last year and demanding more money. Seriously, this is the third time this year I've had to cut you a damned cheque, and I'm getting a little tired of it. The horse is dead (and broke), so please stop beating it. How many times in one year can you harp on a teeny tiny thing like my poor, insignificant T4? Really. How many? Is it a little challenge you've issued to your department? "Hey, let's see if we can drive this random taxpayer around the bend! First one to make her crack gets a Christmas bonus!"

Where the hell is the vaunted tax break you promised? Oh, right. I'm not allowed a tax break because I'm not a wealthy landowner.

Well, fuck you too.

No love,

Me

Comments

Re: Taxation is theft.

[ai731.livejournal.com]

Holy sweeping generalization, Batman!

Re: Taxation is theft. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...

[(Anonymous)]

Theft is the act of taking wealth by force or fraud. Taxation fits the definition.

Re: Taxation is theft. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

That was me.

Re: Taxation is theft. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...

[mousme.livejournal.com]

I was raised to be a good little socialist, so I have no problem with taxation per se, as long as the process is transparent and I can see exactly where my money is going. I also have a fairly strong sense of what's equitable, and the fact that our current government keeps coming back for more on my measly little paycheque is more than a little aggravating. There are many, many people in this country who can better afford to have their accound "revised" three times a year.

I sent in my tax statement like a good little citizen back in March. My taxes are *not* complicated. I get one paycheque once a week, always from the same source. My taxes are *already* withheld at source, and yet the freaking government doesn't seem to think that that's enough.

Grah! I am seriously unamused by this.

Re: Taxation is theft. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

Even if you put a thief above the law, by giving him a "tax collector's" hat it shouldn't be surprising that he still chooses to prey upon those least able to defend themselves.