Unquestionably, there is progress every where. The average American now pays out as much in taxes as he formerly received in wages. With a billion dollar budget, it ought to be possible to set aside enough money to teach the IRS the basic English necessary to write a readable income-tax form. Another American invention is the permanent temporary tax. The best tax law is the one that gets the most feathers with the least squawking.
Life is one dodge after another - cars, taxes, and responsibilities.
The best things in life are free - plus tax, of course. The way the cost of living and taxes are today, you might as well marry for love. The average man now lives thirty-one years longer than he did in 1850. He has to in order to get his taxes paid. A serious impediment to a successful marriage these days is the difficulty of supporting both the government and a spouse on one small income.