I don’t care about paying taxes. I wish I could say I was a truly good and magnanimous citizen, but this i-don’t-care didn’t originate with me. Because I hate paying taxes. Hate hate hate it. Even though I rationally understand that taxes pay for good things like schools (which I love) and infrastructure/public transportation (which [...]
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~10~ i don’t care about paying taxes
Posted in miscellany, politics, rituals, tagged controversial fridays, IRS, taxes on April 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
~3~ i don’t care about voting
Posted in politics, tagged california, democratic, elections, illinois, jeremiah, meredith, new york, voting on April 9, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I don’t care about voting. yikes. At least two people I know — business school-educated, worldly people — told me this week that they do not feel compelled to vote. “I’m from California,” or, “I’m from Illinois,” they tell me. “It doesn’t even matter. We’re going to go Democratic anyway.” Listen, I sympathize. I’m from [...]
