Family Trees and Taxes

Krayton Kerns
8.9.06

Everybody has that special relative somewhere in their family tree.  I have an Uncle Fred who is one of those drunken-sailor types.  Tax cuts at the state and national level have led to a robust economy so suddenly Uncle Fred has found himself flush with a six-hundred-million dollar cash surplus.  That’s a lot of spending money for Uncle Fred.

 All of my family members are concerned that with that much cash in his pocket, Uncle Fred will spend money like…..a drunken sailor.  We are asking everyone for their help with this issue.  If you see Uncle Fred, please tell him to send the surplus tax revenues back to all the hard working folks who paid too much in the first place.  We’re not picky; we’ll take property or income tax reductions. 

 Uncle Fred can be crafty, so if he slurs something about him keeping the money so he can invest in your future, don’t believe him.  He is a drunken sailor.  (Comparing Uncle Fred to a drunken sailor really isn’t fair…..to the sailor….because at least the sailor is spending his own money.)

 *More on Uncle Fred’s $600,000,000.00 problem next week.