I am sure you have all heard about the recent issues regarding our almost Secretary of Health and Human Services- Tom Daschle. Earlier this week, Daschle withdrew as nominee for HHS Secretary because of a controversy about his tax records and some activites he was involved in that some may consider lobbying. Wow.
This just goes to show you that even if you are a very important person, or maybe you aren't very important just yet, you still need to pay attention to your taxes, because, overall taxes are a good thing. If we didn't have taxes, many of the things we take for granted would disappear. An example I always like to use it street lights. If we didn't have taxes and people were in charge of just randomy contributing to building a street light in the neighborhood, noone would ever contribute or get around to it- they would just assume someone else would take care of it. And if you have any interest at all in working for the government, where do you think your paycheck is going to come from? That's right. Taxes.
It is necessary to pay attention to every little detail about taxes and not try to get away with anything that may be considered dishonest. You never know, many years from now it may cost you a nomination for a cabinet position- or maybe just a job.
**Photo from cnn.com**
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