Quote by H.L. Mencken
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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The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. – H.L. Mencken

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It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin. – H.L. Mencken

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The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. – H.L. Mencken

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Taxes grow without rain. – Jewish Proverb

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The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose. – William Simon

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Tax complexity itself is a kind of tax. – Max Baucus

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