“Native Americans are not and must not be props in a sort of theme park of the past, where we go to have a good time and see exotic cultures. “What we have done to the peoples who were living in North America” is, according to anthropologist Sol Tax, “our Original Sin.” DoneAmericaPastCultureSinTaxesOriginalsParksThemeNativeGood TimesNative AmericanHaving A Good TimeExoticPropsNorth AmericaOriginal SinAnthropologistsTheme Parks Book:Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Source: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
“More investment sins are probably committed by otherwise quite intelligent people because of "tax considerations" than from any other cause. One of my friends-a noted West Coast philosopher-maintains that a majority of life's errors are caused by forgetting what one is really trying to do. This is certainly the case when an emotionally supercharged element like taxes enters the picture (I have another friend-a noted East Coast philosopher who says it isn't the lack of representation he minds-it's the taxation).” PeopleTryingMindCausesSinForgetCasesTaxesElementsMy FriendsIntelligentMajorityErrorsWestInvestmentPhilosopherCommittedEastConsiderationRepresentationCoastTaxationWest CoastEast Coast Author:Warren Buffett
“The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.” FeelingsHumorFunnyTimeSinTakenTaxesTiredWagesTaxationFunny MoneyTax DayRaising Taxes Author:Paula Poundstone