It's that wonderful time of the year again. The birds are singing, the sky is blue, and sun shining brightly - and you're inside wondering how many "dependents" you can claim.
It's tax time, and we're all wondering why column A of section E doesn't seem to have enough alloted spaces. As if parting with your cash weren't painfull enough.
At least we can all take some comfort in the fact that our money will be spent wisely on 500 dollar hammers, and jeweled encrusted toilet seats.
President Bush requested $103 billion in emergency spending for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and disaster relief. On March 23, the House of Representatives voted 218-212 to pass H.R. 1591, which includes an additional $21 billion in unrelated domestic spending. The extraneous items include $400 million for rural schools, $283 million for the Milk Income Loss Contract program, $74 million for peanut storage costs, and $25 million for spinach growers. According to "citizens against government waste"
And you thought only prostitutes were screwed for dough.
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