Sometimes a rising tide ebbs because there are too many “taxing” drains on it or when too many people feel entitled to reap the benefits without contributing to the pot!! Let the cynical liberal retorts flow in now.
Some believe the fall of the Western Roman Empire was due, in part, to the refusal of the wealthy (Senatorial class) to pay taxes.
I wonder, with the tax code so complex that nobody can fully understand it—and just in case they do, it changes every damn year—isn’t it time to start over with a fair and simple tax, making it impossible for the rich to evade?
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Still, sometimes a rising tide does lift all boats. 120 years ago, there were not too many cars available to the average man, nor antibiotics or other effective medications, nor calculators, nor fountain pens, nor a hundred thousand other convenient and cheap devices.
Aussie Down Under about 13 years ago
Euro crisis?
Proginoskes about 13 years ago
“A rising tide lifts all boats” … Not if there’s a hole in the bottom.
NE1956 about 13 years ago
Wave good bye as it ebbs away.
InTraining Premium Member about 13 years ago
Apparently you are not en tide ld…….. ! ! !
quaero4 about 13 years ago
Sometimes a rising tide ebbs because there are too many “taxing” drains on it or when too many people feel entitled to reap the benefits without contributing to the pot!! Let the cynical liberal retorts flow in now.
bmonk about 13 years ago
Some believe the fall of the Western Roman Empire was due, in part, to the refusal of the wealthy (Senatorial class) to pay taxes.
I wonder, with the tax code so complex that nobody can fully understand it—and just in case they do, it changes every damn year—isn’t it time to start over with a fair and simple tax, making it impossible for the rich to evade?
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Still, sometimes a rising tide does lift all boats. 120 years ago, there were not too many cars available to the average man, nor antibiotics or other effective medications, nor calculators, nor fountain pens, nor a hundred thousand other convenient and cheap devices.