Tired of messing with your taxes? Maybe this patriotic appeal from Donald Duck will make you feel a bit better about filling out all those forms and writing a check to Uncle Sam.
In the video below, Donald helps promote the message that it's not just our duty, but our privilege to help our government by paying our taxes promptly.
Of course, when Walt Disney produced this animated short for Uncle Sam, it was 1942 and the government needed more money to fight World War II. So the catch phrase "Paying Your Taxes to Beat the Axis" was born.
And be sure to note that Donald, filing as a head of household since he's raising Huey, Dewey and Louie (or Louey as Donald writes on his tax return) on his own, ended up owing just $13.
Kay
Neil,
Thanks for doing the inflation adjusted math for me and my readers. And I share your goal of more efficient usage of our tax dollars.
Kay
Neil
Remembering that we’re talking 1942, $13 would buy as much as $171.71 today, and represent the same portion of an unskilled labourer’s wage as $324.24. So still not a lot a huge amount of money, but it’s a decent sized cheque to be writing.
Anyway, I’m a surporter of tax efficiency – streamlining government to maximize value for tax dollars – not lower taxes, so hardly something I’m going to resent.