Benjamin Franklin said, “The only thing certain in life are death and taxes.” There is a great difference between death and taxes, however. Death happens once, but taxes occur every year. I have read many posts in regards to tax day. So, I thought it would be neat to find at least 27 reasons to be thankful for paying taxes. Here it goes:

Tuesday, April 15

My 27 Thanks:

1. Education
2. Libraries
3. Research
4. Police and Fire Protection
5. Food and health services for those in need
6. Our Courts System
7. Our Government
8. Roads
9. Bridges
10. Military Services
11. Coast Guard
12. National Parks
13. Search and Rescue Efforts
14. Environmental protections
15. Prisons
16. Social Security
17. Public Safety
18. Public Transportation
19. Universities
20.  Programs for the elderly
21. Natural disaster response
22. Teachers
23. Maintaining or Rebuilding infrastructure
24. Elected officials
25. Medicare and Medicaid
26. Sidewalks
27. Parks