Taxes

      The tax preparer finished figuring my taxes. The pension program did not withhold taxes for the first time this year. Consequently I'll need to remit a bit to the IRS. It's not a large amount, something I can easily manage.

    The catastrophe in Baltimore Harbor where the ship took down an important bridge can serve as a reminder. Of what? you ask. The role of taxes in community life. All the bridges crossed, roads travelled, and other uses of infra-structure that are taken for granted until one fails. Taxes are the fees we pay for living in an ordered society which provides endless benefits. 

   The Little House on the Prairie is protected by a volunteer fire department. Those volunteers not only protect life and property. They also hold fund raisers to pay for the insurance, vehicles, supplies, etc. they use for their protective work. In fact on April 7, they are hosting a pancake breakfast as a fund raiser. Yes, I will attend. Why are they not supported by tax dollars?

Takk for alt,

Al

       My garage, shop, storage building is directly across the street from the Sinai firehall.