Tax Day

Today is April 15th, the day all tax forms are due to the IRS. It is also the day the Titanic sunk but that's beside the point.

This year, my wife and I got a tax break because Baby J was born in 2009. Although I very much appreciate Uncle Sam's generosity, I can't help but wonder why such a tax credit is offered. Is the government just trying to make things easier on parents, giving them a little cushion in that first, frustrating year? Or is it an incentive to make people want to have kids? Or is it some other ploy hatched by officials at the IRS that they're keeping secret from all of us? I smell a whiff of stinking conspiracy. Or maybe Baby J just has a poopie diaper.

Either way, let us take this opportunity to thank the IRS for all their good work and to remember the people who lost their lives when the Titanic went down. My heart will go on.