Well, they didn't ask me.

I'm 35 years old and in all my years of paying income tax, I have gotten a refund twice. Twice. Every year I can count on sending the IRS an extra check, even though I claim NO EXEMPTIONS on withholding. Don't even get me started about the year we had to pay $1380 EXTRA. That was a long time ago, when Mister and I actually claimed exemptions on withholding. After that, we quit.

Our household income is WELL under $100K and always has been.

I would much rather have the extra money in my pocket so I can put it into my local economy.

I wonder what would happen if we stopped paying legislators a 6-figure salary, and just paid them an hourly wage and a stipend for their travel expenses? Sure, you want to get qualified people for the job - but a 6-figure salary? I mean, really. If I made HALF of what they make, I'd be sitting pretty.

If we cut some of the money out of fluff like that, we'd have more to spend on services that matter. Gosh, what a concept.