Can Someone Please Tax Me?!?

Someone named John Horner recently wrote an opinion article for the Colorado Springs Gazette, in which he lamented the fact that his tax bill isn't higher than it actually is.

The siren song of lower taxes can be a short-sighted and ultimately ruinous call. For example, the penny wise, but pound foolish decision by Colorado Springs voters in November to reject 2C has already cost me more than I would have paid in taxes. Really, I’d rather pay the pittance of a $1 a day more in property taxes than the losses I’ve already suffered in services — not to mention the other secondary costs. And, those costs will only increase with time.

Mr. Horner should be given credit for one thing - being willing to put his wallet where his mouth is. All too often the proponents of tax hikes are those that are unwilling to pay additional taxes themselves.

However, Mr. Horner should know that his tax liability is simply the minimum the government will accept from him. If he personally wants to pay more taxes, there is no reason he should not take out his own personal checkbook and write a check with a lot of zeros on it made out to City Hall.

For the rest of us living in the real world, we understand that governments already take a ridiculously high percentage of our income as it is, and are in no mood to increase that amount.

Any prior effort by voters to successfully reduce our own personal tax liability should be fully appreciated and be met with a vow to see to it that our elected representatives also come to know the virtue of frugality with taxpayer money.