In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
P. J. O'RourkeJournalists aren't supposed to praise things. It's a violation of work rules almost as serious as buying drinks with our own money or absolving the CIA of something.
P. J. O'RourkeThe wonder is that communism lasted so long. But then again, modern poetry lasted a long time, too.
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