Now that's just crazy talk. If any more proof of my mental illness were needed, that title should provide all that is necessary. I stand by my statement. I want to pay taxes again. First, you may need to try going without a tax burden for a while, as I have, to experience what it is like living on the ragged edge of financial disaster. In 2012, I paid with my final credit card the outstanding tax due on my January 2011 401k withdrawal. We complain about our amount of taxes more than actually paying them in America, and a final 401k withdrawal is a good way to realize what is meant by tax burden. I owed no income taxes for 2012 or thus far in 2013, because I have no income. Before 2013 comes to a close in a little over 3 months, I have decided that paying income tax is a better way to go than earning so little (or none at all) that I do not have to pay. This is not a purely financial decision.
The Social Security system is supposed to be a good investment. The removal of the investment amount from the paycheck without asking is a different matter, and I'll leave that debate alone for this blog. However, we pay income tax to purchase government services, including helping those who through unfortunate circumstances cannot pay their own way for a time. We pool our tax money and the government provides defense forces, judicial systems, regulatory authorities and a myriad (it seems) of other stuff we may need. The government also sometimes adventures overseas in various ways and pays off the occasional dictator, but that too can be set aside for now. I served as a part of those defense forces, and in a couple of those military adventures. However, I did not in the four years of my service expect that was nearly enough for a free ride for the remainder of my little life. Medical care, sure, especially if they poisoned me through the drinking water on Camp Lejeune, but a free ride, no, I want to pay taxes again.
Taxes can sound like a dirty subject in our popular repartee. We do not want to hear about paying more taxes, and sometimes we think it would be nice to not have to pay them. I am guilty of that last bit, and I got the chance to experience life without paying. No income = no income tax is not an equation a person wants to find himself living, please take it from me. Paying taxes keeps roads under the truck tires, prevents enemies from overrunning our nation, and allows the printing of a truly prodigious Code of Federal Regulations. What would we do without our dear government? Some folks have an answer to that, but I choose to get back in the system and help out in my small way. Easy words, how do I translate them to action?
PTSD limits my access to some jobs. The job of emergency services in most places involves responding to many auto accidents. This service includes EMTs, police, fire and rescue, dispatchers, and hospital medical staff. Serving in any of those capacities might not be a good idea for me. A person in dire need of medical attention from a car accident does not want to hear his first responder ask for a timeout to deal with PTSD symptoms. I can understand that. Such a thing may not happen, but why take a chance with a person's pain or life? Cross some jobs off my list. Check. Other jobs may require too much hypocrisy. Cold calling, or what is known as outbound telemarketing is not for me. Any job where I feel trapped by the situation may trigger ol' Petey. Basement offices, windowless cubicles, a shift job where I cannot leave, all may trigger the symptoms of uncontrolled anxiety. Of course, schools or restaurants with their noise and racket probably won't work for me. But, still, I want to pay taxes again.
All that and there are still jobs for me. Just need to find one in the remote wilderness of Colorado. I may indeed be a proven nut, but bring on the income tax, I'm tired of living poor!
Bucky
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