April 15… the Ides of April.. if April had Ides… The day that strikes fear in all grownups. Tax day.. I somehow managed to get my stuff together enough to get my taxes done in time (which was not always the case when I was young).

It’s always an interesting time looking through the shoebox (virtual now) of money spent and received.. Where did it all go ? did i make good choices ? Where is that stuff now ? Did I really need ? How much fun per dollar did I have..   and more and more…  Where will my taxes be spent ? I used to not think so much about that, .  I’m one who generally pays my taxes willingly.. I figure that all the complex parameters around salary,  quality of life, tax rates, etc manage to self  adjust to neutralize any good or bad intentioned meddling from the government.  I’m not so sure these days…  the older I get the more I see the imbalances in where the money goes.. … ie.. so much more of our tax money goes to defense than it does to education or science or the arts.. I think a society defines itself by what it  invest in… if we really want kids with world class skills.. why isn’t that higher on the list of spending ?  Why do folks still have trouble affording a college education or medical care if they need it  ? Why do we let big corporations spend to influence elections that determine tax policy ?   (and I say that knowing full well that I work for a big corporation ) ..  why,… why… why… ?

All this I was thinking as I dropped off my envelope with my taxes due on my way to work….   I breathed a sigh of relief as the envelope left my hand.. I don’t need to think about money again until this time next year….

 

 

nite all, nite sam

-me