Happy Tax Day, American Whiners!
It's that one day of the year when everybody pretends to beConcerned About Taxes and the IRS, even though half of this nation's workers don't pay any federal tax and most people whodopay taxes believe it's a pretty fair deal. But this weird bipartisan tax-simplification scheme by two senators -- DemocratRon Wydenof Oregon and RepublicanJudd Greggof New Hampshire -- is at least being taken seriously. Three tax brackets instead of six, all the popular credits and breaks remain, a lot more automatic personal deductions to make Itemized Deduction Hell go away for all but the richest people, the end to many corporate tax breaks, a one-page 1040 for almost everyone ... could anyone be against this common sense thing? Maybe those people who sell the tax-preparation software? [ Marketwatch / Atlantic ]British flights are grounded because a massivecloud of volcanic ashis moving in from the latest eruption in Iceland. This is kind of like when the dinosaurs were killed off. [ BBC News ]
That Tea Party poll also revealsteabaggersto be equally scared of socialism and somebody (black people, actually) taking their Social Security. [ New York Times ]
After a week of indescribable bliss,iPad ownersrealized their new devices are actually useless, so now the expensive things are being sold off or returned. [ Valleywag ]