Liberty For All

As Long as You Get it in by April 15

Yesterday, I was driving along and there was this young woman in a Statue Of Liberty Costume standing in the parking lot of a fairly empty former-grocery-store strip mall (since the store relocated, it's a bit Mad-Max-ish). She was waving a sign about coming in to do your taxes at the tax-refund store in the strip mall. Waving her little "faux" torch and holding her little "do your taxes" sign.

She was a study in fabulous contradictions. Oh, Lady Liberty, ah, since when are you a tax-whore?

LIBERTY: "Give me your tired, your poor, your starving masses yearning to breathe free"---- "and bring your W2 forms and your I-9s while you're at it. Don't forget photo ID cause if you want to file this baby electronically and get all your deductions, I'm gonna need that ID on file."

A much, much better mascot, metaphorically speaking, would have been Uncle Sam. Or even some tea. (wait for it; it's revolutionary war humor)