Silent Partner…..

A wise man once observed that no one has as much money as other people assume he does. One reason for it is that everyone has a ‘silent partner’:
THE TAX MAN….
We are asked/required to donate, annually, to our silent partner….
It can be done daily, weekly, monthly or in a lump sum….annually.
Hurts more in a lump sum!
This time of year we are made aware of our silent partner for if we do not respond to his ‘invite to donate’…….by April 15th…..we will live to regret it. The only excuse acceptable is……T O STOP BREATHING!
Sometimes though…..we over pay our silent partner and believe it or not….he sends us back our overpayment! But in order to have this benefit….we must give him our money, first…..then send him all our bill totals at years end…..and if we have added and subtracted correctly….he gives us some of our money back. Our ‘windfall’ is usually spent quickly!
Otherwise, we add and subtract, and send him some more money at years end for we did not donate enough to suit him over the past year.
Anyway, this time of year there is a lot of money changing hands….our silent partner invades every family in America one way or another.
Woe is me…..AND EVERYBODY ELSE!
All of our money together….with our silent partners disbursement ….provides for our needs…those we see and do not see….
Roads, schools, parks, libraries, health care, protection, etc. The list goes on and on. Very seldom do we agree that these ’services’ are adequate or that the money is spent wisely. We have the right to complain to anyone that will listen, print complaints in newspapers and voice them on TV.
We have purchased this right….
Guess I have to honestly admit……we have ourselves a Good Deal!
But you know…..even Charity has….its limits!!!