Dave Barry's tax column, amusing stuff as always.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/li ... 564439.htm
Taxes
No Crap!
Why in hell don't we have a modified Flat Tax or a nationally imposed Value Added TaxAs a result, we have reached the point where even the IRS doesn't know what the Tax Code says. Last year, the Treasury Department discovered -- I am still not making this up -- that the IRS paid out more than $30 million to people who filed for the slavery tax credit. Yes! Thirty million dollars! Only guess what? It turns out there IS no slavery tax credit! Whoops!
We have this system because it makes it easier for the politicians to get into your wallet
