So we as a country are in an interesting pickle. We have become a nation of beggars willing to depend on our government to bail us out in any and all circumstance. We have become comfortable to be the pan handler who is capable of working but prefers to accept a hand out. OK, fine. The problem is that the people we are asking for change are broke. Worse than that we are also effectively waiting for these people to tell us how to act and think as well which is even worse.
I am in the process of hiring someone at our house. Yes, I know... I am kind of a big deal. Well, it is much less glamorous than that as you will see. I could pay a service to handle payroll and taxes and such but I am not so flush so I am trying to do it myself. So I email the Vermont Department of Labor to ask how to proceed with setting myself up to employ someone in Vermont while not f*ing up my taxes and having to pay huge penalties. They did not know and sent me to the Secretary of State. They did not know and offered to send me to the Dpt of Labor. Wait, hold on... I was just there! Oh, well, maybe try the tax department. This was where I ran into the depths of idiocy. The moron at the Dpt of Taxes said that I should ask my tax professional about this. I said that I had and they advised me to use a service which I thought was very expensive. Plus what if I did not have a tax professional? Well, she could not help me there. The VT Dpt of taxes does not advise on how to handle Vermont tax issues. I nearly shit my pants. I asked how the group that determines the tax rules cannot explain them to a VT resident? They merely collect the taxes. Well, surely, someone must know how the tax rules are determined right? I mean there must be an Oz behind the curtain how originally set up the tax code as I know it was not my accountant. I went back and forth with this person for a while doing all I could not to ask her why she was so dumb. Finally she offered to transfer me. I asked to be transferred to anybody who knew anything about anything in the State of Vermont offices. I was transferred to a huge bitch who was very uninterested in helping me. To her credit I did get some information but at the end of the day if I don't use a payroll specialist I will screw it up and ultimately pay a fee to the state for my transgression. Sure, why not. She wanted me to file an S1 and that does not look right unless I am starting a restaurant. Of course trying to get background information on the website is next to impossible as it is confusing and very poorly constructed. The IRS website was pretty straight forward actually to their credit and I am pretty well set up on the Federal level. The State of Vermont is the issue. So again one can see why business in Vermont languishes. You have a better chance of hooking up a major drug deal in front of Panera Bread with a stranger than setting up a sole proprietorship. At least that is what Paul Pierce in the Starbucks told me.
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