Kidding Ourselves

An Associated Press article has reported that "ninety-five percent of those polled last August either completely or mostly agreed that it is every American's civic duty to pay their fair share of taxes." There are two noteworthy points here: (1) five percent of the respondents said people should cheat on their taxes "as much as possible;" (2) the survey was conducted by the IRS Oversight Board. What idiot is going to tell the IRS, "Yes, I think cheating on taxes is good"? That's sort of like asking a cop where you should go to get a person-shaped dent out of your fender.

In other survey news from fantasy-land, ninety-five percent of respondents (1) love spending time with their mothers-in-law more than watching The Big Game, (2) always attend church, (3) really enjoy helping their friends move, and (4) don't mind at all that you cut them off in traffic while talking on your cell phone.