Better Stay Home

I think we should have assigned due dates for filing tax returns based on dates of birth, or social security numbers, or lottery. I suppose that would create chaos for the IRS as well as lawmakers who find it necessary to make up arcane changes to the tax law to randomly take effect in the present, past, or future depending on a dart throw as near as I can tell.

Oh, I suppose there would be job losses as the same 138 million returns, representing 50% of all Internal Revenue collections, prepared regularly over the course of a year could be handled by fewer accountants and staff than if prepared in just a few weeks. Not to mention all the government employees required to process them, to the extent any human sees them at all.

But think of the lives it would save. 

A study found that deadly auto accidents increase on Tax Day.
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On the other hand, maybe we should all just stay home and forget about it. Okay, forget I said that because I don't want to get in any kind of trouble here. But I can't be expected to advise you to take your life into your hands, now can I?

Well, if you haven't already taken care of your taxes by now, you risk your life. So, good luck out there. I'll be under the covers.