I was self employed for 20 years until I got sick ( occupation related). Income up and down due to injuries from work. Every dime I could save during those years was for Taxes. Seems like they knew just how much I could save and thats what they took. When my health collapsed I was forced into using what I had saved for taxes to pay for Medical care. Lost everything, wife included. Had to hire a tax lawyer to keep them from coming after what little I have left to survive on.
Guess I should have been a Democrat.
When you sign that voter registration card, they never tell you about the special Dem tax breaks. But I guess if you’re born Dem, you know.
You sound like you had a terrible thing happen to you and you sure have my sympathies. It’s true, the IRS can drive you into the ground if you are self-employed. It’s almost like there is a special tax policy for people like us. Personally, I think it’s because we’re easy marks, generally honest, they know that we don’t have a legal staff, and we’re busy with our businesses.
On the other hand, people who suck at the government teat (the case of most Dems, who are frequently civil servants if not Senators) are accustomed to never having to pay for anything and never receiving any penalty for their behavior.