The IRS
Did you ever notice that when you put together “THE” and “IRS,” it spells “THEIRS?”
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Fines and Taxes
“A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right.”
Continue reading →Politics and Friends
“I’ve always said that in politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you.” – Ann Richards
Continue reading →The Problem with Socialism
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” – Margaret Thatcher
Continue reading →Liberty and Repression
“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.” – W.E.B. Du Bois
Continue reading →Withdrawing From a Friend
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson
Continue reading →Thanksgiving and Our Patriotic Duty
“Thanksgiving is America’s national chow-down feast, the one occasion each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty.” – Michael Dresser
Continue reading →Criticism of the President
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Continue reading →Tyranny for Your Own Good
“Of all tyrannies, tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. Those who torment us for our own good will … Continue reading →
The Love of One’s Country
“The love of one’s country is a natural thing. But why should love stop at the border?” – Pablo Casals
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