Quote Originally Posted by edyzmedieval View Post
Except America is literally the worst income equality in the developed world.

In fact, I just found out today, which I find absolutely baffling and thought it was a hoax - you have to pay to file your taxes in an efficient manner, which is a government requirement. You can file your taxes for free on the IRS website only if you're making under a certain threshold, which is I think 66.000 USD a year income. This is so insanely absurd that I really understand why so many people are protesting against capitalism in the United States.

https://www.propublica.org/article/i...taxes-for-free
You can do your own taxes on paper and mail them off on February 3rd for the cost of two first-class postage stamps.

The threshold you note makes electronic filing free for roughly half of all US households. Making the upper echelons pay to e-file while the lower income holders do not is another attempt to lessen the burden on those who are economically less fortunate by having those higher income earners pay for the services received by the other half -- a limited form of the wealth transfer for which you seemed to indicate a preference in your opening sentence.

Besides, with the Withholding rules in place, the government already HAS the money, your federal return is about recovering your money the government is currently using without paying interest (roughly 2/3 of all tax returns generate refunds, not additional payments).

But hey, we're over 100% GDP in debt, so all wealth is illusory anyway. Better stock up on unhybridized seed and ammo for the shotty.