“The median family of four ... paid $4,722 in federal taxes last year. That's enough to pay for a new curtain for the secretary of commerce's office, to bribe a farmer not to plant 38 acres with corn ... seven weeks of salary for a Customs man assigned to save us from the terror of high-quality, low priced foreign TV sets, or the subsidy on 6,000 bushels of wheat to prop up the Soviet regime. Surely civilization would collapse without such essential services.” MenYearsEnoughLastsPayQualityFourWeekTvsCivilizationTaxesEssentialsOfficeLowsPaidPlantSevenTerrorCustomsFarmersSovietRegimesCollapseCommerceLast YearSecretaryCurtainsSalaryCornWheatPropsHigh QualityBribeAcresSubsidiesMedianFederal Taxes Author:Alan Bock
“Someone once said that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. That may have been true when he said it, but today taxes are mostly the price we pay so that politicians can play Santa Claus and get reelected.” MayHas BeensSaidPlayTodayPayPoliticianCivilizationTaxesSantaSanta Claus Author:Thomas Sowell
“Some people say that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. But the runaway taxes of our time are the price we pay for being gullible.” PeoplePayCivilizationTaxesOur TimeRunawayGullible Author:Thomas Sowell
“Though tax records are generally looked upon as a nuisance, the day may come when historians will realize that tax records tell the real story behind civilized life. How people were taxed, who was taxed, and what was taxed tell more about a society than anything else. Tax habits could be to civilization what sex habits are to personality. They are basic clues to the way a society behaves.” PeopleWayMayRealStoriesSexRealizingBehindsRecordsPersonalityHabitCivilizationTaxesBehaveCivilizedHistorianClueNuisanceReal Story Book:For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization Source: For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization