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Hardly. If taxes were "as painful as possible" we wouldn't have automatic withholding. Right now almost everyone pays via automatic withholding so they never se
by acheron 8y ago
Hardly. If taxes were "as painful as possible" we wouldn't have automatic withholding. Right now almost everyone pays via automatic withholding so they never see the money in the first place, and the defaults are set so most people get a small refund. If you want to see "painful as possible", make people write a check for the full amount every April.
- pstuart 8y agoGrover Norquist's own words: "That’s the real reason the Left and the government class supports IRS-prepared tax returns: they want the government to be bigger, and that requires higher tax revenues. The fact that IRS tax preparation is understood by everyone to result in higher tax revenues exposes the conflict of interest that would be caused by IRS-prepared tax returns." From https://www.huffingtonpost.com/grover-norquist/grover-norquist-taxes_b_3005698.html https://www.huffingtonpost.com/grover-norquist/grover-norqui... That argument is disingenuous at best.