The Deadline of DOOM!

For the 62% of Americans who actually pay income taxes, today is the last day to submit your paperwork! Take heart...even an A-list supervillain like Doctor Doom is feeling the pressure..even with tax preparation software!  

 

Doom's in good company.  Check out my previous post chronicling the Justice League's tax problems...or even Superman's hassles with the IRS!

Comments

[Chris Tolworthy]

This blog gets better and better. As an FF fan (see my pathetic posts on the comicboards FF site), and Single Tax fanboy (Google Henry George) this one hits all my buttons. And since I live in Britain I even get to reply first while everyone else is asleep. Woohoo!

Oh, Mark, remember I said the 8.5 rating should be changed? I had a few spare minutes so emailed the fine folks at Blogged.com. They say they're going to re-review it. So if the rating goes down to a 5.0 then it's all my fault.

[Mark Engblom]

Wow, thanks, Chris! I appreciate you "going to bat" for me at Blogged.com....though I'm not sure I deserve a "10" rating. However, I'm glad that you enjoy the blog that much!

As for the other topic, as a British citizen, I'm sure you could educate a few of us Americans on ever-escalating taxation.

[Wes C]

Great cover!

I feel for Doom, he battles the Devil one night a year for his mothers eternal soul.

That pales in comparison to having to file his taxes.

Thanks for the Tea Party link. I was tempted to go, alas, the in-laws are in town. Oh well maybe next year.

[Chris Tolworthy]

> as a British citizen, I'm sure you could educate a few of us Americans on ever-escalating taxation.

in Britain, everything is wonderful as long as you're poor (so the state pays for everything) or rich (so you can afford a good accountant). Between those extremes yes, taxes are higher and land is more expensive (on average). But on the bright side, last time I did a tax self assessment form it was only about 20 fairly simple pages. So I don't envy you on that regard!

[Bill]

Yeah- ever escalating. Why, we're back to the exorbitant levels of the 1990s.

Makes me wish for the halcyon 50s and 60s where the tax brackets were so much lower.

[Kevin]

Oh for the halcyon days of 1980 where the rates may have been higher (Kennedy cut them in 61 and Reagan cut again in 81) but the top 5% of income earners only paid 37% of the bill. Today that 37% is picked up by the top 1% and the top 5% today pay a significantly larger 57%. That's over half the tax burden on 5% of the population. The lower rates have mde the system much more progressive. So the burden is ever escalating, if you're a producer as opposed to one who's not.

Let's all have some tea.

[Grumpy]

"Silent majority no more" is a little ironic, considering that a recent Gallup poll shows fewer Americans believe taxes are too high than those who believe taxes are just right. In other words, not a majority (silent or otherwise).

http://www.gallup.com/poll/117433/Views-Income-Taxes-Among-Positive-1956.aspx

But seriously... why would the monarch of Latveria pay US income tax?? Or is he just perusing the forms for fun?

[Wes C]

Ok, After seeing some of the rally on TV, I'm glad I didn't go. What I saw was pretty much just Obama bashing, not enough focus on tax reform and fiscal conservatism.

Just one mans opinion though.

[Bill]

Oh for the halcyon days of 1980 where the rates may have been higher (Kennedy cut them in 61 and Reagan cut again in 81) but the top 5% of income earners only paid 37% of the bill. Today that 37% is picked up by the top 1% and the top 5% today pay a significantly larger 57%. That's over half the tax burden on 5% of the population. The lower rates have mde the system much more progressive. So the burden is ever escalating, if you're a producer as opposed to one who's not.

I don't have the numbers with me, but how much of the total revenue do the top 5% of income earners earn today compared to what they did in 1961? I know the disparity between the top 5% and the other 95% is much greater than it was 40 years ago.

If they're shouldering more of the tax burden it may also be because they're making more money than before.

[Mark Engblom]

"Ok, After seeing some of the rally on TV, I'm glad I didn't go. What I saw was pretty much just Obama bashing, not enough focus on tax reform and fiscal conservatism."

Well,keep in mind the footage was edited down to what the news director wanted it to show (i.e. "anti-Obama cranks"). The rally I was at pinned plenty of blame on Bush and the go-along, get-along Congressional Republicans as well. As for Obama's name coming up as much as it did, I think it's fair to say he now owns the most recent pork-o-rama stimulus and multi-generational debt as far as the eye can see...so it's not like he's completely detatched from this disaster. The "I'm the new guy" excuse only works for so long.