Declare the Pennies on Your Eyes

Yes, here we are again on the eve of Tax day. Tonight, when all good taxpayers are asleep, the Tax man and all his little auditors will fly around the country, taking from the rich and giving to the poo....er, well not the poor, they'll actually give it to the government, who in turn will spend it wastefully.

The answer of course is a flat tax, but there are so many CPAs, lawyuhs, and interest groups opposed to it, that we'll probably never see it. In case your lower instestines weren't already knotted up after preparing your taxes, here's something else to digest:

12,000 = The number of additional IRS employees needed to answer phone inquiries from confused taxpayers during tax filing season. Because taxpayers will have nothing to file under a national retail sales tax, additional personnel will not be needed.

62,000,000 = The number of lines of computer code required by the IRS to manage the current tax code. A national retail sales tax will ease the IRS's ongoing computer problems dramatically.

1,420 = The number of appraisals of works of art that an IRS panel performed in order to tax the assets of dead people. Because double taxation under a national retail sales tax does not exist, the absurdity of having the IRS value art would disappear with the death (estate) tax.

1,000,000,000 = The number of 1099 forms sent out each year to help the IRS track taxpayers' interest and dividend income. Under a national retail sales tax, this requirement will be eliminated.

I'm not making this stuff up, folks. Check these facts out and more at this website:

http://www.scrapthecode.com/

Just another reminder: Walgreen's is open 24 hours if you need to buy a bottle of Maalox! Drink a toast to the IRS!!