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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays o

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. – H.L. Mencken

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Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier. – H.L. Mencken

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Taxation, for example, is eternally lively; it concerns nine-tenths of us more directly than either smallpox or golf, and has just as much drama in it; moreover, it has been mellowed and made gay by as many gaudy, preposterous theories. – H.L. Mencken

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The purse of the people is the real seat of sensibility. Let it be drawn upon largely, and they will then listen to truths which could not excite them through any other organ. – Thomas Jefferson

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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government. – Barry Goldwater

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What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin. – Mark Twain, Notebook, 1902

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Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund. – F.J. Raymond

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