TAXES

I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT TAXES. MAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM:

• FEDERAL INCOME TAX
• STATE INCOME TAX
• LOCAL TAX
• HOTEL TAX
• SALES TAX
• CABLE TV TAX
• PHONE TAX
• GAS TAX
• EXCISE TAX
• CORPORATE TAX
• PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
• SPECIAL USE TAXES
• SPECIAL SUNSET TAXES

I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHERS. WE PAY WAY TOO MANY TAXES. REPUBLICANS LIKE TO POINT THIS OUT, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO TAXING THE RICH AND CORPORATIONS. THEY WANT FEWER TAXES ON THE RICH, AND FEWER REGULATIONS, WHICH CAN INFLUENCE PROFITS. THEY CALL FOR SMALLER GOVERNMENT WHILE THEY RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. THEIR SMALLER GOVERNMENT DOES NOT, OBVIOUSLY, INCLUDE THEM. KEEP AN EYE ON THE TAX REFORM THAT TRUMP WILL PROPOSE. TRUST ME, IT WON'T HELP YOU UNLESS YOU HAVE MILLIONS IN THE BANK.