40% of Americans have negative net income

[The_Yoda]

Raistline said:

I hear this time and time again--- They don't teach us taxes in school, they don't teach us budgeting in school, they don't teach us X in school. Wah, wah, wah!

This is just major bullshit and is just people trying to point their fingers at a government run system to find a scapegoat. It can never be "their" fault, it's gotta be everyone else's fault.

I was never taught how to do my Taxes or how to put together a monthly budget. I had to figure that out for myself. But truly the task of budgeting and paying taxes is something that should lie upon the parents and not a government run agency. Yeah, my parents were never taught this and so could never teach it to me but they should have. I know that I will make sure that I teach my son how to do his taxes and how to budget.

Buck up Sally, take some initiative, and quit being a crybaby!

 

Edit - This is in response mostly to posts on the first few pages I read before posting this.

I started doing my taxes at 12 when I got my first job.  Very easy to do when you only have one source of income.