tax

n. 1. the way the government gets back its money that somebody foolishly allowed to get into the public’s hands. 2. The power to tax is the power to destroy. [John Marshall] 3. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. [Mark Twain] 4. We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. [Winston Churchill]





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