I do my own taxes and I don't think I'm stupid about it, but I also find it very tedious because my left brain is not my strong suit. Payroll taxes and withholding are "hidden" in the sense that you get your net check and you don't really read the YTD stuff on the stub. (Actually, come to think of it, I used to do that frequently.) But no one can say that taxes are easy or fun (except for you LDAHL.
This year I was surprised to see that Intuit recommended I take the standard deduction. I haven't taken the standard deduction in years, and I was curious to see how the doubling of it would impact me. My taxes this year are lower than previous years, but then again, I earned slightly less. Now if only my self-employment taxes could be lower.
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it--every, every minute?" Emily Webb, Our Town
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I know what I pay in federal taxes because I have it taken out of my pension. And I'm left-brained enough. But I find the whole subject of money/finance/economics so incredibly boring that I could read econ books as soporifics. I certainly didn't inherit my grandfather's accountant genes, that's for sure, unless there's some connection between editing spreadsheets and editing prose.
I always liked math and regret not studying more of it. Next life...
I’ve been wanting to ask this question for a while...genuinely curious.
For the left-leaning folks, how do you rank your candidates? It is gender first, then race, then sexual identity? Does a black woman out rank a gay guy?
There's an app for that:
https://intersectionalityscore.com/
I look at their past record on the issues, what they plan to focus on if they get elected, etc. I don't particularly care about their gender, etc. one of the good things about the Upcoming D primary is that we're seeing a cross section of candidates that actually look like America so hopefully people will stop obsessing about the 'oh look, it's the first <insert minority group here> to run for president! Do you think America is ready for that?' side show and actually listen to what the candidates have to say.
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it--every, every minute?" Emily Webb, Our Town
www.silententry.wordpress.com
I choose my candidates the same way I assume most people choose them. Are you making some kind of allusion to the right's tired old "identity politics?" I go by whether a candidate reflects my values, and then sort through other factors--I suppose considering electibility, which I never used to take into account.
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