Stuff Stephen Hates Special Edition (guest hater) #1: Stuff Sarah Hates: Tax

Ahhh tax.... no, not taxES (the thing you have to play)... at least, not today. No, today is dedicated to Tax Law, the evil evil law school class. Now, personally I have "avoided tax like the plague" as I have said many times. As I see it, the reason we have a whole industry of people called "accountants" and a whole division of law called "tax law" wherein there are specialists in this field is because no human being should be forced to fuck with the tax code against his/her will. So, I never took tax. It's not even on the fucking Ohio Bar! Why, you ask, then does anyone take it? Mind you, the Supreme Court has said that the Tax code is so fucking difficult that you can legitimately claim ignorance of the law (in narrow circumstances). In fact, its so fucking difficult that neither the law writers nor the IRS nor the accountants really know the law. That's how tax attorneys have their jobs: they spend all day every day figuring out loopholes that are buried in the code to exploit. Nice. Now, I'm all about screwing the government out of some money: that is, of course, unless you already make too much money and YOU SHOULD BE PAYING YOUR TAXES!!!! I'm not looking at good philanthropists like Bill Gates. I'm looking at your average rich fuck. Anyway... back to tax law. Why does anyone take it? Well, because everyone says "you need tax! All lawyers know tax! Its lawyer stuff. We make it a 2L preference course because its sooooo important" Bull shit. I call bull shit on that. bull shit bull shit bull shit. And so, when the peer pressure machine that is lax school comes a callin' 2Ls everywhere listen. I can hardly blame them. I was in tax. for a day. And I dropped it like a bAAAAAAAAAd habit. But I hear so many of my co-patriots suffer thru tax all the time. Its time we took a stand. Leave tax to the people who like that shit. Here: "Dear Dean Tobin (the guy who teaches the "tax course for the normal people" at Moritz). Your class is worthless. No, i take that back. It has negative worth. Any class that puts students thru that much stress for something we should totally leave to the accountants has negative worth. Any class that make students worry this much about one stupid non-bar class (not including me, because I worry about everything) has negative worth. It draws happiness from the world. Yes, tax is like a happiness black hole. It actually sucks happiness out of the universe and we have no idea what happens on the other end... except pain and death at the tax-vent horizon. By teaching tax, you are severely contributing to unhappiness in the world. please stop. I'm sure you're a fine person--tho, i have no idea who you are or even what you look like. I'm sure you aren't evil yourself. Stop the madness. Tell 2Ls that they don't really need it. Or at least try to make it manageable. But really, Its like any other specialized law class: entirely intended for people who want to practice in that area." Tax blows goats. Tax blows blue whale. Tax is a boil on the ass of law school. leave it to the tax-o-philes. weird-os who find sick pleasure in knowing what you can or can't claim. Its like a poser of a class... it pretends its cool, but really it just bought the uniform. stop the pain. (in the spirit of full disclosure, my grandfather was a tax attorney and made a lot of money doing it and I dont hate him.. but I have a sneaky feeling like he had some shady dealings.)

woot. first guest hater post. This blog is uber fun.