It’s not but party unity is also important and we won’t find perfection. Working within the confines of our real world is important but I agree that we need better representatives. Booker is just what our system gave us and he’s a lot better than many alternatives and worse than others.

Mostly I think having a unified message and party is important but hard when you’re dealing with people who actually care.

Well Booker is doing a hell of a lot more than most other reps when it comes to this, no need to shit on the dude.

Like, I’d take him over the GOP candidate that ran against him.

Bro I didn’t feel like fucking with the free fillable forms (basically an electronic version equivalent to filling out and mailing in paper forms) so I used H&R Block this year. They forced me to pay 60 because I can’t file if something somewhat arbitrary “needs done” and having an HSA meant they forced me to input info about it for determining itemizing vs standard. I knew I was taking the standard, could tell them to ignore that HSA shit and still it wouldn’t let me file for free.

It was so stupid.

Next year I’ll not wait until the last minute and go through the trouble of actually filling out the forms but it’s a pain in the ass.

I wish our taxes were like everywhere else on this planet with a reasonable and effective government. Send me a check or a bill. If I think I’m due more or shouldn’t owe I’ll do my own audit of their math and can say “hey fix this” but 99% of the time it’s just right. So much easier and cheaper and simpler.

This country is a joke sometimes.