I Should Have Known

Along time ago, before the Oceans drank Atlantis, when I believed, or at least wished, that George Bush, Jr. was a conservative, about the time of the 2004 elections I recall there being a buzz on the internet about a tax reform. E-mails were being forwarded, bloggers were blogging, our fearless leader was going to marshall a change. The IRS's days were numbered.

I just had my 2005 Federal Income Taxes prepared and recalled the wishfull dreams, the hint of call tomorrow if I'd only do this one thing tonight, that lay promised over the horizion of the upcoming elections.

I feel the fool. I pay my illegal tax, under threat by a force I can't fight. Would it feel any different if I was a baker in New York paying protection money to some thug?