Many Happy Returns

Welcome to the Ides of April, better known as Tax Day.  If you're reading this and haven't filled out your taxes, do it now!

Tax Day used to be on March 1st, then March 15th.  In 1955 it was extended to April 15th.  I'm not sure why these changed were made, though I suppose it might have something to do with the increasing complexity of the system.

Tax Day is not to be confused with Tax Freedom Day, which, based on the overall tax burden, is the day we stop working for the government and start working for ourselves.  A century ago, Tax Freedom day would be in January, but it's worked out now that it lands around April 17th.

I've got an idea for a Constitutional amendment.  How about declaring that Tax Day will fall on April 15th, and Tax Freedom Day may never fall any later than Tax Day?