I’m working on my taxes for 2004, and as usual I’m asked the big question:
Do you want to contribute $3 to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund? This will not change your taxes in any way.
Every year I wonder what this is all about… it doesn’t change my taxes, which means I’m not making a direct contribution. Where does the money come from, then? If I choose “yes” will the IRS treat my tax return differently?
All that aside, we saw in this last presidential campaign that both candidates spent something on the order of a quarter billion dollars– so I don’t think I should be sending another three bucks. Sheesh.