Taxes Buy Civilization

How I look forward to the day when I can again pay my fair share of taxes to a government that uses it to keep buying civilization, rather than trying to destroy it.

[Shakespeare's Sister, "It�s Not Penance Unless You�re Sorry, Though", 27 September 2005.]

Posted on September 27, 2005 at 15.57 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Common-Place Book

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