amethyst73 | Some good stuff

I had a voice lesson today! We stayed completely on topic, were very technical, and got some good work done. Yay, makes me happy. :)

I was able to listen to some of Obama's address to the joint Congress this evening on my way home. And I came up with an idea when he started talking about tax cuts for bunches of people.

I don't know whether the huz and I are going to end up qualifying for a tax cut. I do know we don't make enough to qualify for a tax hike! But I've told various friends on various occassions that gee, I like my government services: education, roads, police & fire, etc, and if it becomes necessary to increase my taxes to pay for these things, please go right ahead! Yes, that's right: tax me!

We happen to be very fortunate, financially speaking; we have quite sufficient to pay our mortgage, and no ongoing large expenses (e.g. kids). I am fully aware that a lot of people will greatly appreciate (and in some cases, rather desperately need) any tax cuts they get; that's fine, that's who the tax cuts should be helping. I also know that there are likely to be cuts everywhere at city, state, and federal levels to try to start balancing budgets.

So here's my idea. If by some mischance we end up with an income tax break, we'll tote up what would otherwise be given to the tax man and donate it someplace useful, such as the education foundation for the city we live in (it helps fund music and science programs and stuff like that), or the library foundation, or some other civic-related thing that we know could use the extra money. (We already donate to these programs already and will continue to do so even if we don't get a tax cut, don't get me wrong!)

I honestly don't have time to do community service as President Obama would much like me to. But I do have the wherewithal to help pay the people who help run those services.