The good news, I finished our tax return and I get some of my own money back. The bad news is it is nearly 75% of the federal income tax that was withheld. This means that not only does the government take my money every year, but they take too much of it and then try to make me feel good by giving me a “refund.” Every year I think I change my withholding so that it will be closer to what I actually owe and every year they end up getting more of my money. Good luck to the rest of you and here’s to making sure the government gets as little of your money as is possibly legal.

On a side note, I am so glad we just spent a trillion more dollars on things that I probably won’t help “bail us out” and I don’t agree with anyway. I am really happy that the government is going to take care of my health care and retirement and it is going to be great. I am too dumb to invest my own money and plan for these things myself so I am lucky to be an American where I am entitled to everything.