Rachel, like me, is self-employed:
In case anyone wonders and doesn�t already know it, I�m self employed and thus have to pay that Extra Special Just For Those Who Don�t Work For Someone Else Tax.
I think there are a number of us who are self-employed out there who feel the same way at this time in April--especially when we write the whopping checks for self-employment taxes--similar to FICA taxes which fund both Social Security and Medicare. I often wish that I could take a deal from the government--they keep the money I have put in thus far into FICA and give me nothing when I retire--and I no longer fund their "Ponzi scheme." But that would mean that I would have control over my money and my life, something the government doesn't take kindly to, it seems.