I hear you. Similar situation, though I've learned that when it comes to it, better to have and no use than to not have and need it.
"Guilty until proven innocent" is the current lay of the land.
You are correct. Just a shame governments shake down people for nickels and dimes. All the time wasted dealing with taxes.
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And all the money wasted printing and mailing out letters for the dumbest things too. Received 4 identical letters stating that they've updated my address... What a waste of tax payer dollars...
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Or the money loaned to the government by treasuries purchased by the Fed.
because USA been deficit spending forever it seems and our tax dollars don’t cover the federal budget!
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