I Think I'm Gonna Be Sick

I did the first draft of our taxes. It appears that we are going to owe over $2,600. I can't fucking believe it. Last year we only owed $700 and change. We worked our asses off last year and made a lot more $ so I guess that's what the difference is, no matter that I contributed a ton more to my retirement and we paid property taxes and we had lots of mortgage interest that was all deductible. Incredible. Almost makes me want to vote Republican (lower taxes, less government). I want to puke.