re: Doing taxes really makes you think

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Nice propaganda piece. The "average American" does not pay the following taxes -- business registration fees, estate tax, and inheritance tax (you will have to define this for me as this does not exist in the United States currently).

It is very simple to avoid "IRS interest & penalty charges" -- and this is not a tax either. lmao.

Library card fees is an odd one -- society as a whole benefits from libraries but "conservatives" hate education so this makes sense in that context I suppose.

"Self Employment tax" is simply just Medicare and Social Security taxes that the self-employed pay both sides of and get a deduction for the EE half. So more double counting taxes by using different names.

State park entrance fees -- another weird one to put on the list as it is not a tax and only applies to visitors who use and enjoy the park. Paying an entrance fee is well worth it to protect the natural habitat.

Overall, this propaganda piece is pretty stupid but that is precisely the audience it is aimed at so makes sense.