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Quote from H. L. Mencken,


"When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that an old source is abandoned.
It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had only one before."


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H. L. Mencken (more quotes by H. L. Mencken or books by/about H. L. Mencken)


(1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic

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Deception, Government, Politics, Taxation

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