50 million taxpayers must delay filing - IRS

[joshh]

That's a far cry from 50 million. If the Republicans hadn't insisted on giving a $220B tax break to the richest 2% of Americans, the Bush tax cuts would have been extended months ago instead of on Dec.17. So I can only assume that by "It's only the beginning" you mean it's "only the beginning of the Republicans trying to f**k up the gov't and blame it on the democrats"

Yes lets keep ignoring that the top 10% already pay 70% of all taxes. And that the lowest 40% basically pay no taxes. And that many of those lower 40% pull from the top 10% that actually pay taxes at all. Sounds perfectly fair to me. No in fact those bastards that are rich should pay EVEN MORE taxes than they already do...yeah that's it. Since they already keep this country a float lets tax them even more!!
Yeah because this government isn't already fucked up (thanks in large part to the Democrats). BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
You know what really sucks...is to see that as much as you hate the Republicans that Democrats feed the rich just as much as the Republicans do. Just in a different way...and you can't even see it. It's all those "party of no" bastards that are running this country into the ground. Ignoring the fact that the 111th Democratically controlled congress spent more money than any other congress in history. But yet it's still those damned Republicans at fault.
DAMMIT logic bites again.

The new party of "no" Democrats.
It isn't about who is or isn't taxed as much as how the money is spent.

[gwb72tii]

There are 140 millions taxpayers in the US. According to this article approximately 50 million of them (36%) itemize their deductions. However as the article points out only 9 million of them will file between Jan.1 and Feb.28. So in reality, only 9x0.35=3.2 million people might be delayed in filing their returns.

That's a far cry from 50 million. If the Republicans hadn't insisted on giving a $220B tax break to the richest 2% of Americans, the Bush tax cuts would have been extended months ago instead of on Dec.17. So I can only assume that by "It's only the beginning" you mean it's "only the beginning of the Republicans trying to f**k up the gov't and blame it on the democrats"

#1 its not the government's money to begin with so to say its a tax break is BS.
#2 try putting the federal government on an austerity budget for a while, like all us other poor schmucks. maybe keeping more money in private bank accounts will actually stimulate something other than federal workforce hiring.
#3 you haven't figured out the democrats don't give a shit about the poor, the less fortunate, or you. they play to your emotions so they can be re-elected.
#4 you must be awfully young to think the federal government does anything, other than national defense, better than the private sector. i was a democrat years ago, grew up in the bay area of california in the 60's/70's, got married in '78 and really started paying taxes in 1985 after completing my personal 12yr college plan. and now, 32yrs later, watching the same old tired politicians demanding more of MY money to throw down the same shitholes, i'm probably more conservative than blunt.
#5 what makes you think giving DC any more tax dollars will result in a different ending than the last 80yrs? isn't the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over but always expecting a different outcome?

wake up

[CorvallisBMW]

^I never raised any of those points, but thanks for the rant