On Tuesday this week, US Senator Dick Durbin visited Bloomington and met with The Pantagraph newspaper editorial board. AFter talking about many issues including social security, he came up with a stunningly simple suggestion for simplifying the tax code: make members of Congress fill out their own tax forms.
It seems Durbin’s bookkeeper died, so the Senator decided, “What the heck: I’m a senator and an attorney. How hard can it be?” Heh.
The Pantagraph thought Durbin’s suggestion was made tongue-in-cheek, but I would like to see it really happen. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Luckily, I have a good accountant, whose services I cherish. There’s no way in hell I could make sense of those tax forms by myself. (As a bonus, he’s a Libertarian – just the perfect political persuasion for a tax accountant!)
I’m glad that my mom is an accountant. I couldn’t figure out tax forms if my life depended on it. For some reason numbers and I just aren’t friends.
We’d have a whole different country if our legislature were subject to the laws they pass.
Take care of it and keep it on the road!