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.

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

Maybe. But then, you're probably not in the position to be procuring the really big pork, either. Also, being in the political sphere, you have no effective feedback on how well your "customers" are being served, since they cannot shop at some competitor government without having to uproot their households.

Re: Taxation is theft.

[ladyiolanthe.livejournal.com]

you have no effective feedback on how well your "customers" are being served

Uh, yes, we do. They are called "surveys" and are conducted on a fairly regular basis. In my branch of the government we also have more immediate feedback because we are in a service sector, and we offer our clients the opportunity to provide feedback - positive or negative, and we are committed to responding to the negative feedback especially with action and the person who made the complaint is informed about what we did to address their complaint in writing.

Also, I'm in the public service, not the political sphere. The public service was established as a separate, impartial entity from the politicians. We serve the public, not the politicians.

Re: Taxation is theft.

[ladyiolanthe.livejournal.com]

P.S. If you feel that you need to respond to me again, please do so by leaving a comment in my lj, as I don't wish to clog up mousme's with our off-topic conversation.

Re: Taxation is theft.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

No worries. It was an interesting debate to read. :)

Nah, it's okay.

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

We're just going to disagree about the nature of the political and social spheres. Ms. mousme asked some questions, some of them rhetorical, no doubt. I just felt like giving her some answers from my understanding of the world. I wouldn't expect many Canadians to agree with me.