Here's a stimulating thought: Americans file their income tax returns on April 15, but today we've all worked and toiled enough to have met out tax burden for the year, according to the Tax Foundation. Why, it's enough to make you want to sing a clever ditty!

Sunday was Thomas Jefferson's 265th birthday. Tuesday is tax day -- or, to be precise, the deadline to file an annual tax return with the IRS. The significance of the two days are worth comment.

Remember this from last week?

In a major shift of policy, the Justice Department, once known for taking down giant corporations, including the accounting firm Arthur Andersen, has put off prosecuting more than 50 companies suspected of wrongdoing over the last three years.

Now there's this: