Re: It's TAX TIME AGAIN! THIS is why America is afflicted with taxe

"It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public
expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something
more than in that proportion."

-Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, Book V, Part II

I'd hazard, as a passing guess, that ole Mr. Smith was no wilting liberal;
must have been a pinko commie instead.

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