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Monday, August 15, 2005
 
Taxes

Finally dispatched my 2004 tax returns today. The final possible day including an extension. 2004 was a bad year for me. I knew that instinctively, and I'm sure that added to my procrastination of actually filling out the return.

How bad you ask? My federal tax bill for the entire year was less than $70. I worked a bad job the 1st three months of the year, an ok job the last two months of the year, and spent the rest of the year spending money. I still haven't recovered, and my tax refund won't really help that much.

I guess I should simply rejoice and praise the lord that I have a good job now with a few days of vacation and a health plan that doesn't completely bankrupt a young, healthy male with no dependents or family or diseases who maintains a low risk lifestyle (at least as compared to you guys) but who still has to pay ridiculous premiums to compensate for the 40 y/o smokers who are married to smokers and who have 3 to 6 over-weight children with poor manners who make up the majority of the plan.

Thank you, Jesus (Melendez, Human Resources)