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SOME TAX QUOTES - apropos for this time of year..... > > Where there's a will, there's an Inheritance Tax. > > The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift - is taxes. --W. Feather > > In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. --Benjamin Franklyn > > Foreign Aid - taxing poor people in rich countries for the benefit of > rich people in poor countries. --Bernard Rosenberg > > Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying > as an income tax refund. --F.J. Raymond > > You know it's a bad day when your income tax refund check bounces. > > I believe we should all pay our tax bill with a smile. I tried -- but > they wanted cash. --Anon. > > Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a > substantial tax cut save you thirty cents? --Peg Bracken > > Any reasonable system of taxation would be based on the slogan of 'Soak > the Rich'. --Heywood Broun > > The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf > has. --Will Rogers (Attrib.) > > Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written > today. --Herman Wouk > > The income tax people are very nice. They're letting me keep my own > mother. --Henny Youngman > > There is only one thing worse than the flu season; the tax season. You > can recover from the flu. > > The best things in life are free, but sooner or later the government > will find a way to tax them. > > Bumper snicker: Save Our Trees. Stop Printing Tax Forms! > > All the taxes paid over a lifetime by the average American are spent by > the government in less than a second. -- Jim Fiebig > > According to the tax bill signed by President Reagan on December 22, > 1987, Don Tyson and his sister-in-law Barbara run a "family farm." > Their "farm" has 25,000 employees and grosses $1.7 billion a year. But > as a "family farm" they get tax breaks that save them $135 million a > year. > > Baseball is a skilled game. It's America's game -- it, and high taxes. > --Will Rogers > > Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors, and > miss. --Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love" > > I owe the government $3400 in taxes. So I sent them two hammers and a > toilet seat. --Sue Murphy > > I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is -- > I could be just as proud for half the money. --Arthur Godfrey > > Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out > twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. --H. L. Mencken > > Q: Why do people pay taxes? > A: To help out the government -- so the government doesn't have to pay > for everything. > > Death and taxes are inevitable; at least death doesn't get worse every > year. > > There is nothing more permanent than a temporary tax. > > Taxpayers don't have to take a civil service exam to work for the > government. > > There is only one way to kill capitalism--by taxes, taxes, and more > taxes. > > Micro-Ap, a manufacturing company based in Londonderry, N.H., paid $18, > 267.40 in taxes last year. In September, the firm received a bill from > the Internal Revenue Service for 1 cent, plus a penalty of $194.72. > > Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should > be happier than others. --Oscar Wilde > > A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing > something right. > > Isn't it appropriate that the month of the tax begins with April Fool's > Day and ends with cries of "May Day!"? --Rob Knauerhase > <[log in to unmask]> > > You've just told the guy next to you your life's history, how much you > make, and how you've gotten out of paying income tax for years, and > find out he's from the IRS. > > Old MacDonald had an agricultural real estate tax abatement. > > Born Free...Taxed to Death > > The IRS sent back my tax return saying I owed $800. I said "If you'll > notice, I sent a paper clip with my return. Given what you've been > paying for things lately, that should more than make up the > difference." > > Have you ever wondered if taxation without representation was cheaper?