To start out, id like to apologize about my last blog post, that was blogging for the sake of blogging and I'm not too big on that. so, I am very sorry for my pointless post.
Now, with week one of my Internship at the Capitol Building. It was a slow week, and my head is very full of information, I can tell its going to be a blast when things pick up. Ive met tons of people but beyond that there wasnt a whole lot for me to do. In the coming weeks however, I have no doubts that it is going to pick up. My left shoe is killing me, but beyond that no complaints. My Senator and his Aide are great and very smart people and I feel lucky to be given the chance to learn from and work with them.
So now lets chat taxes. Well I just did my taxes (or rather they did me) but luckily I'm getting a solid refund. Even being a college student with no investments and a very "meh" part time job, I see the vast complexity of the Tax system. Deduct this, add that, subtract -.274 percent, then add 3/10s of a hundred dollars. After all that, you just move on to the next category. When you are all done you have committed about 50 errors that will cost you tons of additional money in fees and other oppressive IRS punishments. Now onto the book review
The Fairtax book. This was a fantastic read, and a quick one to boot, a little less than 200 pages, it reads very quickly and easily. Its designed for the People, unlike the multi-kazillion page tax code that is law. It starts out with the history of the income tax, details the specific problems of the current system, brightly announces the details of the proposed new tax system, and addresses many of the concerns of the critics of the plan and even those who flat out lie about what it would do.
The new system sounds beautiful, and our current system is so twisted that an experiment would be an excellent test for our country, based on some of the assertions made in the book. Honestly the road we are on is already going to lead us through several Chinese prison camps, so why not take a left turn at Albuquerque and see what happens. The authors state at the beginning that it is not about Republican or Democrat or Liberal or Conservative, but its about whats best for this country. Some points their political beliefs do bleed through, but hey, the writers are human too. And I'm sure that my specific views aren't a secret here either. The book addresses many concerns, and there is a sequel that addresses concerns not yet. But given that it is the first fourth of the year, which is really tax time, its a solid read for this time of the year.
Now to other things
Still havent started Warrior Dash training, but I still really want to do it
Im also planning a series of blogs on how government ought to run, 9 parts, during the month of feburary.... nothing special about feburary, but since its coming up I figured why not.
Also im thinking about posting a few of my class papers this semester, just to see how im sticking it to the man.... or woman, depending on that class...
Happy Readings!
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