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Project 365 4-14-2010 Taxes

Man, oh man, all this working out is making me sore, but it’s the right kind of sore.  I always get this feeling when I start and, intellectually, I feel like this should be when I want to give up on the whole “working out” bit, but the opposite is true.  Months from now I’m probably going to try and convince Rene that I simply don’t have the time to make it to the gym, even though we have been getting very effective workouts done – and then back home – in under an hour.  When it comes right down to it, as much as I like to yell up and down about loving butter, that everything is better when fried and that I can’t wait for more “fair food” it has actually been really busy easy to eat healthier and keep up with the fitness. 

All that good stuff is fine, but it doesn’t eliminate the fact that I need to get my taxes done – and I did them tonight.  This year definitely looked better than last year, but I can’t believe that taxes need to be as complicated as they are.  Really we need a math formula to see how much we owe?  Really?  There isn’t and easier, fairer way to do this?  I’m convinced that tax law is kept complicated just to keep everyone who works at the IRS employed.  I’m willing to be wrong, but no one has offered evidence to the contrary.

Today’s picture is tax inspired:

These were my tax forms.  As an actor I get a LOT of W-2’s.  The process of entering them takes longer than most people, but it also usually means that my tax obligation is covered – even though I have a lot of 1099 work too.

Well, that’s enough private info on the internet for one day.

See you tomorrow!

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Procrastination.


I don’t want to do the things that I have to do to finish my taxes. They are tedious, time consuming and in the end will cost me money even if it is only in preparation fees. I’m very upset about how my tax dollars are being spent right now anyhow, so it makes me even more upset to think that I may have to give the government more.

I wish they would give me a sheet that I could fill out that allowed me to pick what I wanted my money to go to. Then I could make sure that money got to fire departments, police departments, schools, infrastructure, and things that I need the government to cover for me. Do you really want to see what the people are in favor of? Ask them where they would put their money!

Here’s a story that is either empowering or discouraging, depending on your point of view. In Hawaii a group of residents, tired of waiting for the government to repair a major road for a big national park upon which their livelihoods directly depend, decided to do the job themselves. It took them eight DAYS as opposed to the TWO YEARS estimated by the state and they got it all done with in kind donations so the end cost was, basically, free!

There are also reports coming from President Obama himself that costs have been badly over estimated on many projects that stimulus money is expected to go to and, while this is good and it means there will be more funds to distribute overall, it tells a sad story about how things are being priced and how long things are expected to take.

The more I read the more I get discouraged about how well the bureaucracy works.

Anyway, I need to do these taxes. Thanks for letting me vent.

See you tomorrow!

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