Say It Ain't So Already

What I Learned Today

May 4, 2009 at 2:48 PM Leave a comment

(Updated below.)

Yesterday I read in my local paper that my state representative, Jack Pommer, a Democrat, has been fined $45,000+ for being 915 days late filing campaign finance reports. His excuse?  “I’m just really bad at it.”  And the dude sits on the Colorado state Budget Committee for God’s sake.

Today I read a transcript of CNBC’s Erin Burnett saying, “it your obligation in this country… [to] pay as little” in taxes “as you can.”

So what did I learn today?  Well heck, I’m “just really bad” at filing out tax forms too but insofar as it’s my “obligation” to pay as little as I can, when it comes to filing my 2009 return, I’ll see what I can do to fulfill my “obligation,” but if I don’t get around to actually filing my return for oh, say 2-1/2 years, I’m sure the IRS will understand when I tell them “I’m just really bad at it.”  And hey, maybe the government will bail me out and foot the bill for any penalties I might have to pay.  Hey yeah, that’ll work.

Update:

And if it doesn’t — work, that is — maybe I’ll set up a litle something in the Cayman Islands so I can hang out in this building with 18,857 of my friends.

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