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Quite an eye-opening perspective, there. The trouble with taxes is how many are deemed necessary behind closed doors. It's all in those hidden charges when the bill comes due. But what's the alternative? Anarchy? What happens then when disaster strikes? Who pays that bill? No infrastructure = no safety net, unless somebody has a bright idea how to make it work sans slavery, er, I mean taxes.
It would seem the truth (read:answer) is somewhere in the middle, but I'm not holding my breath for the middle ground to manifest.
Anyway, great poem, great post. And scary.
posted by
myrrhage_
on January 15, 2010 at 8:22 AM
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All too true. I had other people read this post, as well. We're all doing a lot of thinking over here. Nice work.
posted by
Darson
on December 16, 2009 at 6:00 AM
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We are taxed too much.
posted by
Amanda__
on December 3, 2009 at 7:45 AM
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S true.
Naut, excellent post and never a truer word was written.
posted by
Hackthorne19
on November 30, 2009 at 1:49 AM
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how wise you be Naut
Elyse (taking her taxed a-- to bed) LOL ~ GN - (oy now I hope I don't dream of being taxed for sleeping - - zzz)
posted by
elysianfields
on November 29, 2009 at 10:21 PM
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tis sad but true death and taxes
all we have to look forward to.
posted by
Kabu
on November 29, 2009 at 5:41 PM
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Naut, any politician that has the nerve to say "No more taxes" in this day
is lying through his teeth...no matter what party he belongs to....I think the taxes we have to pay on gas make me the sickest..
....
posted by
Rumor
on November 29, 2009 at 3:26 PM
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Whole World is grinding to a Halt
Naut, you already know my opinion. Thanks for the courageous poem!
joab
posted by
joab3
on November 29, 2009 at 1:07 PM
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Government will NEVER take it's hand outa our pockets!
Naut,
I have always agreed with the philosophy that proclaims, "The best governed people, are the LEAST governed people." I'm no anarchist, but if the only choices are the kind of corrupt government that appears to be the evolutional end of the road, and anarchy,........Well, I don't know which choice is worse!
Isn't it interesting that no place on Earth does not belong to some country, there is not one square-foot of soil that belongs to nobody, no country, where if whichever government that will inevitably claim this hypothetical one square-foot size island, notifys you that, "You owe this much (fill in blank) tax. Pay me, or we will lock you up, or confiscate all your belongings, then give you a fair trial, and then convict you, the penalty for which crime may range anywhere between imprisonment, at hard labor, to execution, or all of the above, our decision. Pay or pray!" Nobody can tell their government "No!" and get away with it, without their permission. We are all owned by our governments, whether we realize it or not.
Guy
posted by
northsage_45
on November 29, 2009 at 5:36 AM
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Ah the good of days when women could be hang for wearing pants, when women did not have the right to vote or work, when if they (women) work, their salary went straight to their husband (they were not allowed to write check either), when half the kids died before the age of 2 (doctors cost too much, and still does in USA), when the only ones who could go to school were the rich, and the small poor kids (6 and higher) worked in factories 14-16 hours per day, when the boss could fire you because you were black, a woman, a jew or a muslim...yah, the good old days...Funny but some how, I prefer NOW!
posted by
auslander
on November 29, 2009 at 5:34 AM
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"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion — when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see money flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed." Ayn Rand
posted by
Ariala
on November 29, 2009 at 4:55 AM
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Yep - we not only elect them, we pay them to tax us.
posted by
adnohr
on November 28, 2009 at 9:43 PM
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The good news is that the taxman is human and pliable!
posted by
hardilaziz
on November 28, 2009 at 8:20 PM
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Witty, but not at all funny.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 28, 2009 at 7:54 PM
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It's mind boggling as to how many taxes we pay, that's for sure. I don't see it ever changing. Too many accountants, tax lawyers and in my nation's case a big IRS.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on November 28, 2009 at 5:32 PM
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