Happy Tax Day

April 15th, settlement day for individual US income taxes - the day the paperwork is due, the day the balance due is owed - if you have a balance due. 

Not that I don't sometimes think that we could spend more on some things, and less on others, but I pay my share without complaint.  

Taxes are the price we pay to live in a civil society.  I travel enough to see the differences between places that collect taxes, and those that don't.  I prefer the places that do, to those that don't.  I like to feel safe, and secure, to have roads and airports, safe food and medicine, a stable banking system, and a safetynet that does something (even if not enough) to help those who are unable to help themselves.  As bad as it is, we have fewer people dying on the streets than we would without the efforts of government funded programs.  

Smile, make sure your return is filed on time.  I hope you paid a nice large tax bill this year, if you did it means you earned a decent living this year.