Taxes

     Would anybody excited about tax season please stand up? Suze Orman says that you should never look forward to receiving a refund, because that means you've essentially given the government a year-long interest-free loan. She also says that you should be grateful every year you pay more in taxes, because that generally means you’ve made more money. But gratitude is a word seldom used in the same sentence as “H&R Block” and “our tax guy.”

     Does anybody out there take a leisurely stroll with their partner down to a cute office on Main Street, happily greet their accountant and sit down for an insightful session in which clarity is gained around the roll they play in contributing to the integrity and sustainability of the United States?

     (No.)

     Death and taxes. Both live in the same part of the brain. “Have to…”