Poll: Are you happy with the way your US tax dollars are being spent?

The tax filing deadline is quickly approaching next month which means we get to be excited over the fact that the government will soon be graciously repaying the money it borrowed from us, interest free. In other words, tax refunds!

Before we click that e-file button or staple that W-2 to our 1040 and mail it off to Uncle Sam's count room, I thought it would be appropriate to get your response to this question: "Are you happy with the way your US tax dollars are being spent?"




My answer is no. Wasteful domestic spending is my primary concern. Earmarks and the "$400 hammer" stories make me wonder, "who is running the store down in Washington, D.C.?"

I also have concerns over how the U.S. Government spends our money abroad when we have so much domestic disarray such as inadequate border security, homelessness, individuals without health insurance, a social security system headed for collapse and poverty at large.

How do you look a man living in the streets of Atlanta in the eye and tell him we're building housing for refugees overseas when he's standing in line for free soup and dreading another chilly spring night with only cardboard separating him from the elements?

I am not suggesting that we turn our back on the global community. But we've been so busy running around raising everyone else's barn that maybe it's time to finally finish raising our own.