Save The Sea Otters

Wow.

I've been sitting on my $2,686 California state tax refund for a few weeks now, thinking that as soon as our Legislature passed a corrected budget, I'd submit it and get it back. My sister's blog indicates the opposite.

I have never bought into that stupid argument that one should never give the government the use of your money for free, that one should strive for a $0 refund or liability at the end of the year.

What are these cretins talking about? What, you think I would actually save this money over the course of the year? Earning 0.06% in my savings account? A whole four dollars in interest?

Sixteen years ago I had to pay, and I had to pay as a student when I didn't have the money to pay it, and I vowed I'd never do that again. Now I file single zero, I have for fifteen straight years, and I always get a refund. And I never spend that refund ahead of time...it's what's called living within my means. I make do with my reduced monthly check and live within it. VP Biden would call me a hero.

So I guess I'll just have to sit on that two plus grand for a little while longer, but I'll be fine. Won't miss a credit card payment. Won't miss my car payment or car registration or electricity bill or gas bill or OnStar bill or DirectTV bill or Columbia CD Club bill or ISP bill or Cirrius satellite bill or iPhone bill or housekeeper bill or landscaper bill or dry cleaning bill or dog grooming bill or car smog inspection bill or day care bill.

But you know who also won't get my money because of these idiotic legislators? The four substantial contributions I make each year on my CA return to the Alzheimers Disease/Related Disorder Fund, the CA Sea Otter fund, the Municipal Shelter Spay-Neuter Fund and the Rare and Endangered Species Preservation Fund...all of these will just have to fucking wait until I file.