No Safe Harbor

It’s always hard to admit that you’ve been living in a bubble; it’s jarring, sickening, and very scary, and this week, I had mine popped. 

My entire life I had maintained some semblance of trust in the financial system.  I know even that statement may reek of naivete but there were still some small pockets of trust that I had, and one of those, were safe harbors, but as this week shockingly showed me, no harbor is safe, and the main reason why? 

They all contain water. 

And what happens in water? 

People drown. 

How can any harbor be safe if it’s full of water?  Even supposed “Tax Safe Harbors” still have water, that’s literally what a harbor is, how would the taxes be safe?  They would fall in the water and get wet, and then all your tax preparation forms would be ruined, and you would file for an extension, and you would drop them in the harbor again due to the high winds off the bay, and then the IRS would audit you, and find out you owe $7,322 in unclaimed income, due to selling eggs on the side during COVID and you go to jail for a long time. 

The financial system is a joke.  Next time, I'll be wearing a lifejacket when I do my taxes.