#4 is more or less explicitly true... I recall a French government official saying (in effect) "we have to pay the health costs tomorrow, but we get the taxes today!" Wish I could remember the source...
I would never underestimate the venality of the tax collectors. If there were a tax on strangling babies, they'd be all for it.
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Date: 2006-02-10 08:53 pm (UTC)I would never underestimate the venality of the tax collectors. If there were a tax on strangling babies, they'd be all for it.