As I gather all my tax information this weekend, Im reminded of George Washingtons advice on taxes. Taxes suck, but theyre necessary. So, pay them. -George Washington Or as he put it in the more formal and wordy American English of his time. ... [T]o have revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant; that the intrinsic embarrassment inseparable from the selection of the proper objects (which is always a choice of difficulties) ought to be a decisive motive for a candid construction of the conduct of the government in making it, and for a spirit of acquiescence in the measures for obtaining revenue which the public exigencies may at any time dictate. -George Washington Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 21:15:14 +0000
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