Princes are fighters or administrators. Neither of those things do much to spread joy in the world. Whores, concubines, and catamites, on the other hand, are all about giving satisfaction. Now granted, sexual pleasure is a temporary sort of happiness, but it is better than a new tax or a sword in the gut.
Jill KnowlesTag: joy taxes princes concubines
Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money.
Alain de BottonTag: money civic-duty wealth gratitude taxes
Even taxpayers have rights!
Beric J. CroomeTag: taxes south-africa taxpayers-rights
Fear and bigotry don’t need explaining. They simply are, like traffic jams and taxes.
Eileen WilksTag: fear paranormal taxes bigotry death-magic eileen-wilks lupi
Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.
Terry PratchettTag: taxes
You know if the U.S. Government wanted to boost the economy there's a simple solution make Black Friday the refund date for your state and federal taxes
Stanley Victor PaskavichTag: christmas holidays economy taxes black-friday tax-refunds
The expenses of government, having for their object the interests of all, should be borne by every one, and the more a man enjoys the advantages of society, the more he ought to hold himself honoured in contributing to these expenses.
Anne Robert Jacques TurgotTag: society government expenses taxes contributions
The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.
Adam SmithTag: wealth government taxes
Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more. Taxes, well laid and well spent, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, and promote the general welfare. Taxes protect property and the environment; taxes make business possible. Taxes pay for roads and schools and bridges and police and teachers. Taxes pay for doctors and nursing homes and medicine. During an emergency, like an earthquake or a hurricane, taxes pay for rescue workers, shelters, and services. For people whose lives are devastated by other kinds of disaster, like the disaster of poverty, taxes pay, even, for food.
Jill LeporeTag: wealth society environment government poverty business taxes general-welfare disasters property benefits emergencies common-defense domestic-tranquility
The art of taxation consists of plucking the goose so as to obtain the most feathers with the least hissing.
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