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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill Grant who wrote (2256)	8/20/1998 1:04:00 PM
From: j_b	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13994

<< Respectfully disagree. With a paycheck, the difference between gross and net is very clear. The fact that you pay .25 rather than .22 for a pack of gum is nowhere near as dramatic.>> You would think so, but experience as a tax preparer (one of the joys of being a CPA <g>) shows me that the typical person considers their tax burden to be the amount they send in with their return, not the total actually paid. For example, when people get a refund, they are happy because they are getting money back. However, they would have actually been better off owing money with their return - they would have had the use of the money during the year - but they don't see it that way. Psychology is a strange thing - as can be seen by any political discussion, logic and rationality have very little to do with anything. Perception is far more important than reality.