William Falk, editor-in-chief of THE WEEK, wrote a sarcastic opinion piece, pretending he was a loser for paying his taxes (14 Oct 2016).

“As a working stiff,” he wrote, “I couldn’t write off my lunches, my car, my clothes, and my hairdresser as business expenses.”

Further, he wrote, “When I hired contractors and repairmen, I actually paid them the full amount that they billed me, instead of declaring their work shoddy and stiffing them.”

Still continuing his sarcastic diatribe, Falk says he wasted his taxes “on national defense, schools, clean air and water, medical research, and programs to keep the old and the poor from starving. What a schmuck I am!”

This last paragraph by Falk reminds me of why I pay taxes. Like Warren Buffett, I’m proud to have paid them since my first summer job as a college intern on my hometown newspaper. I consider it money well spent.