Are you spending properly?  It’s none of my business.  And my definition of how to blow cash is at best perverse and at worst a recipe to have one’s soul condemned.  But it’s not any politician’s concern, either. The legal right doesn’t overlap with what’s right to legally inflict.  Nobody cares, as the distinction between what does and should happen was lamentably settled in the ancient times of 2015.

Treating taxes as bribes is like giving Kevin James another sitcom: we’re so used to it that we don’t even think about what a bad idea it is.  Handouts based on whatever’s deemed cool is a guaranteed way to advance society.  Does it feel futuristic?

Deciding what should get subsidized is way better than in barbaric eras when simple people noticed the government sucked at everything and thus deserves as damn little revenue as possible.  People either forgot money belongs to those who earned it or never bothered learning in the first place. Sure, flattening the rate means payments would go up for some promoted behaviors. But the percentage would drop overall.  I don’t know about you, but I am for equality.

The taxman should be permitted to collect the smallest amount necessary to keep a 50-watt bulb lit at one federal agency.  Call me a statist. I don’t like the idea of there being multiples, so they can share the lamp if there must be extras.  Or, drones could get their work done in daylight.  Don’t these resource hogs care about Mother Earth’s fragility?

It may be tough to believe in a world where nothing is more dangerous than free will.  But the government is not supposed to encourage behavior.  Sure, a curious look from a cop may make a wayward soul from leaving a convenience store with only a Slim Jim and not the register’s contents.  That said, selling one’s own things for profit is not a crime.  While Democrats try to change our nature, the principle remains.

The only goal of policy should be a result, not intent.  A tax code should do nothing other than let you keep as much of you earned while living your life as you please.  An indifferent government encourages prosperity that’s eternally elusive.  The fact it’s hard to find because of the very system arrogant people try to rig to achieve it creates irony, at least.

It’s time to stop wondering what people would do with the money they earn.  First, someone else’s wallet’s contents shouldn’t concern anyone. Burn it if you like.  Or send it to Washington, as it’s the same thing.  More importantly, spending helps others, unless retail workers and warehouse staffers don’t need to buy food.  Or maybe rich jerks invest it in stocks or their companies.  That just leads to stupid corporate titans employing people while offering affordable products. It’s more compassionate to wait for checks from the Treasury.

Incentivizing one thing or another means letting politicians who shouldn’t be trusted to watch a Salvation Army kettle decide what sort of conduct is to be encouraged.  Life then runs as smoothly as expected. Cite when elected dopes have been wise about deciding what’s good for us.  It was the same time I liked that Coldplay song so much that I taped it off the radio.

Even the good things don’t need federal encouragement.  The whole point of simple decency is that we can interact and assist without waiting for a rebate.  It’s fine if you need a policy to tell you what you should like. But others shouldn’t have to pay for the orders.  Hire a life coach. I accept returnable beer cans as payment.

Every deduction is someone telling us what we’re supposed to do.  And it’s not even someone smart despite what they modestly assure us.  Name one political party good at deciding how our lives should be.  There aren’t that many options to cycle through.  All two of them refuse to let you keep enough to fund your own existence.  Ask nicely for a little back to do what you would anyway.  They give a smidgen of cheese for different tasks, which is how you decide what kind of partisan you are.

Heartless libertarians oppose having services.  Why are they so into anarchy? They must think death is cool.  Taxes are what buy electricity, oxygen, and gravity.  Conservatives don’t want to have these things because they hate life itself.  But it’s all in good faith.

Presume that government has always provided our dreams and items.  What else could’ve happened?  This is why we don’t follow history anymore. Those hoary savages relied on themselves, and the notion is too horrifying to maintain.  Primitive man relied on hideous maneuvers involving sweat, action, and inventiveness.  The direct funding was too creepy.  I don’t know who’s funding it presently.  Just kidding: all this totally free cash magically emanates from the government, and they’re the best at finances despite that 20 trillion dollars for nothing binge.

Our coded tax code should be without little schemes.  That means it’s involved virtually not at all.  And that’s the point.  Not providing fake rebates for how and where you live or what particular career you enjoy would mean we were unbothered.  But at least we’re being shoved for good reasons.