Nerd Journal: Tax Rant 2011

I just did my taxes.  I'm too tired to rant at length this year as in years past (here is the 2010 rant, the 2009 rant, and the 2008 version), but you know what I would say.  By the way, I am one of those people who figure out that they're supposed to get a tax rebate ... and feel no joy about it, because that money was mine to begin with, and a rebate means that the grubby-fingered government got an interest-free loan from me for all this time.  Pffffftttttt.  For some dark humor, I give you James Lileks' suggestion that we invent vindictive new forms of taxation for fun.