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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

The Story of Life

On the first day God created the dog. God said, "Sit all day by the door of 
your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a 
life span of twenty years."

The dog said, "That's too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I'll 
give you back the other ten."

So God agreed.

On the second day God created the monkey. God said, "Entertain people, do 
monkey tricks, make them laugh. I'll give you a twenty-year life span."

The monkey said, "How boring, monkey tricks for twenty years? I don't think 
so. Dog gave you back ten, so that's what I'll do too, okay?"

And God agreed.

On the third day God created the cow. God said, "You must go to the field 
with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give 
milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of
sixty years."

The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty 
years. Let me have twenty and I'll give back the other forty."

And God agreed again.

On the fourth day God created man. God said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and 
enjoy your life. I'll give you twenty years."

Man said, "What? Only twenty years! Tell you what, I'll take my twenty, and 
the forty the cow gave back and the ten the monkey gave back and the ten 
the dog gave back, that makes eighty, okay?"

"Okay," said God, "You've got a deal."

So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, and enjoy 
ourselves; for the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our 
family; for the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the 
grandchildren; and for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and 
bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.
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> Interestingly, almost everyone I know has gotten a letter from the IRS 
> telling them that they owe more money with the numbers ranging from ~$500 
> to more than $12,000-- and none of these citizens has an income of more 
> than $70,000, the majority are making between $30,000 and $45,000.

What does this illustrate, that your friends under-calculated their tax 
liability? Or something else?