Mark Gardner
IRS: hey time to do #taxes guess how much you owe
Me: i don't want to guess can you just tell me
IRS:
Me: hello?
IRS: i'm thinking of a number between one and jail
Jan 27, 2023 at 8:43pmWeb
Show threadFeralRobotsJan 27, 2023
@mjgardner
thanks for the periodic reminder that the IRS could make this easy for us if Intuit & c. hadn't lobbied to legally prohibit them from doing so, in order to preserve their tax software revenues.
Show threadErik Uden => [email protected]Jan 27, 2023
Maybe we should… Regulate big business… And build a government and economy in the interest of the majority… Maybe such a world would be possible - since it already is in so many countries - but big business pays us to tell you it isn’t, so it isn’t.
Show threadMark GardnerJan 27, 2023
@Erik You really should check out a person’s profile before you reply to them
Show threadErik Uden => [email protected]Jan 27, 2023
Imagine living in a country where taxes are done this way. Seriously, the French revolt over a retirement age utopian for any German (which they should) and every American day by day accepts this boiling frog
Show threadAppropriate TributesJan 28, 2023
@mjgardner JAILS FOR THE JAIL GOD
Show threadBjörn LindströmJan 30, 2023
@mjgardner glad I live in a socialist country where we have nationalized the business of letting you know what your tax is.
Show threadMark GardnerJan 30, 2023
@bkhl I wish I lived in a fully free country where #taxes were voluntary payment for government services, as described by #AynRand:
• https://a.co/eaeYGBy
• https://a.co/eB5QpBe
The Virtue of Selfishness (English Edition)

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Show threadMark WickensFeb 1, 2023
@mjgardner 🤔
Show threadMark GardnerFeb 1, 2023
@mwickens When you add a content warning in #Mastodon everything goes behind it, including attachments
Show threadMark WickensFeb 1, 2023
@mjgardner I’m so confused. First day on Mastodon. #newbie