it's amazing to me that anyone gets their taxes done, has insurance, or saves any money for retirement ever because the fucking paperwork to do any of these things is so dense and stupid and complicated that I, a fairly privileged person, struggle immensely to get it all right.
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I've wanted to give up trying to understand this 401k paperwork I just got about ten times and had to yell at myself "BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT ALWAYS HAVE A JOB THAT GIVES YOU THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING THIS PAPERWORK AT ALL YOU ABSOLUTE ASS"
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don't even get me started on the bullshit freelancers have to go through to get taxes done and the fact that TurboTax REQUIRES THEM to pay $120 or whatever to file even if you don't want all the help with deductions and just want to put the stupid numbers in the stupid boxes
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I want the standard deduction you punks, I don't want to pay you $120 on top of the tax I owe for the service of you checking with me to see if I did more than 20 hours of business on a yacht in international waters this year or whatever
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in conclusion, I'm saving tiny tiny amounts for retirement despite the utter futility of such a thing in a society that will likely melt before I am retirement age and even if I do make it there I will never be able to afford to retire regardless, the end
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Things I wish they taught me in school. Filing taxes and setting up my retirement plan/benefits was some of the most confusing things I have had to learn by the seat of my pants.
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Back when I was super Catholic I did the Dave Ramsay class and a lot of what he said was bullshit but I will give the man credit for giving me the only explanation I've had in my life of what an IRA is.
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