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5. As Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., wisely said, "Taxes are the dues we pay to live in a

civilized society."

The rich are the real takers. They enjoy (far more than the rest of us do) the benefits, but they don't want to pay their dues.

They are like a wealthy acquaintance who goes out for dinner or lunch with less well-off friends, but then when the bill comes suddenly realizes he left his wallet at home--"Oops!"--and it happens every darned time.

The ordinary people who keep voting for politicians who pass laws that benefit only the rich are like the foolish friends who keep letting him get away with it, even though despite promising to repay them, he never actually does so.