Dusted Off: Happy April 15th

“A man condemning the income tax because of the annoyance it gives him or the expense it puts him to is merely a dog baring its teeth, and he forfeits the privileges of civilized discourse. But it is permissible to criticize it on other and impersonal grounds. A government, like an individual, spends money for any or all of three reasons: because it needs to, because it wants to, or simply because it has it to spend. The last is much the shabbiest. It is arguable, if not manifest, that a substantial proportion of this great spring flood of billions pouring into the Treasury will in effect get spent for that last shabby reason.”

–Nero Wolfe

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5 Comments

  1. I tried this blog on the 16th and there was no ‘Happy April 15th’ entry.

  2. um, er, well. Are you <>sure<> you tried this blog on the 16th? You probably were over at rustypth.blogspot.com.Er, no. That won’t work. Y’know, you probably just needed to hit refresh.LIES! It’s all Lies!Government conspiracy? eh.Okayokayokayokay. I got the post ready a week ago, and forgot to publish it on Saturday. Satisfied?

  3. hmmmm, loli, umm, never edit my posting times *innocent look*

  4. h.c I forgot you live near the event horizon of a black hole, so time dilation dictates that your posts get to us several days after the intended posting time 😉

  5. <>LOL!<>Dude! How ya been? I keep falling asleep a few minutes before I try to stop by and say hi.

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