I was self-employed for most of 2008. I've been hit with a massive tax bill-- $11,200 owed. That's in addition to what I've already paid which is another $3,000. My annual property taxes are another $4,000.
I worked my ass off for that money. And for what? So the government can bail out a bunch of deadbeats, that's what. I would have come out much better working 40-hour weeks instead of 60+ hour weeks. I feel crushed, defeated, and like the biggest chump ever for devoting so much time to my work.
A reckoning is coming. I hope I live to see it happen.