Austin Matzko's Blog » Taxes http://austinmatzko.com A blog about philosophy, Christianity, web development and whatever else I feel like writing about. Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:14:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2-RC4-18391 Thanks, But No Thanks http://austinmatzko.com/2006/04/02/thanks-but-no-thanks/ http://austinmatzko.com/2006/04/02/thanks-but-no-thanks/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 02:28:25 +0000 filosofo http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/2006/04/02/thanks-but-no-thanks/

I did my taxes this weekend using an online tax program, but I discovered this set of instructions on page 13 of the Massachusetts income tax return instructions.

That’s right. In the state known as “Tax-a-chusetts,” living in the American city with the highest cost of living, I’m being asked if I want to opt in to pay more taxes, at what would mean a surprising increase of money even for this graduate student.

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