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thincaboutit Donating Member (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-10-09 03:25 PM
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If you hate paying taxes...
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-10-09 03:32 PM
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1. "I like to pay taxes. It is purchasing civilization" -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-10-09 05:46 PM
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4. Holmes was a gazillionaire elitist prick
Were he alive today, he'd have his nice little tax shelters, and think nothing of raising the taxes on the rest of us.

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thincaboutit Donating Member (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-10-09 07:15 PM
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5. Speaking of Tax Shelters...
Former Louisiana Senator Russell B. Long said a tax loophole is "something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform.''
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thincaboutit Donating Member (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-10-09 09:07 PM
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6. Did you ever notice...
...that when you put the words "THE" and "IRS" together, it spells "THEIRS?"
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thincaboutit Donating Member (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-10-09 05:00 PM
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2. I like what Will Rogers said...
...the only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-10-09 05:02 PM
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3. They're working on that.
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