Taxes are the price we pay for civilization.
-- Badtux the Shorter Penguin
Funny how an entire long diatribe of mine can be summarized in one sentence, eh?
3 days ago
Friday, February 01, 2008
Thought for the day
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Oliver Wendell Holmes thought so.
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I may have once seen that quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes. If so, I didn't remember it while I was writing this post. I've worked so many hours this week (I just got home) that I have difficulty remembering my own name at the moment :-).
ReplyDelete- Badtux the Tired Penguin
Dear Tired Penguin -
ReplyDeleteHow many times had Shakespeare rewritten older stories? "All that's been said's been said before."
I have a bad habit of coming up with theories that have been thought of before by better people. And I realized that they were better because they were the first to patent it! (not necessarily the first to think it up)
I agree completely with the idea, though. Which means that those who disagree with taxes disagree with civilization - which explains why so many libertarians enjoy survivalist camps.
It also goes on a gradient. The level of civilization you are willing to support is directly proportional to the amount of taxes you are willing to pay. See: Belgium.