Quote of the day
Posted 27 December, 2007 in Humour, Politics
Found on a diesel engine performance site, of all places:
A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right!
A half-truth, I suppose.
Taxation should be considered as a fee paid for services rendered. The problem people like me have with taxation is that:
1. You have no choice whether you are going to buy the services or not;
2. You don’t get sent a bill based on what you consume; the guv’mint takes a sliding percentage of what you earn under threat of force and then skims, as surreptitiously as possible, whatever transactions you make with the remaining funds - mafia extortion style; and
3. Then they give some of your own money back to you and behave like they’re giving you something bought with wealth they’ve created themselves.
1 comment to “Quote of the day”
Joel Baltaks, February 19th, 2008 at 10:40 am:
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I can’t remember where I read this, but this is a quote that springs to mind:
“I don’t mind paying taxes; it buys me civilization.”My only addition would be to ask how large are the taxes and are they being spent well…