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It's Tax day

Well, Monday is the deadline, but don't take my word for it. ;-)

Despite Pledge, Obama Makes Tax Code More Complex

When Barack Obama was running for president, he promised voters a simpler tax code. "When I'm president," he said, "we'll put in place a system where 40 million Americans . .. can do their taxes in less than five minutes."
But President Obama hasn't made good on that promise. Not only is there no five-minute tax form, but since he took office the byzantine tax code has grown increasingly complex. This year, it will take the average taxpayer 23 hours just to fill out form 1040 — up from 21 hours last year, according to the IRS. It now takes seven hours to fill out the so-called 1040 EZ.


Wouldn't it be nice if we could use one like this with only 4 pages compared to the now over 175 pages you might have to fill out.

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