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To: shove_it

Well, that didn’t take long.

Posted 11/29 here: “Wifey reports that someone on TV was calling for an increase in gas taxes. This is sure to be proposed by the Democrats and RINOs.

Increasing a tax on an item falling in price is a typical political ploy. “The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.” - Louie XIV’S Finance Minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert.


19 posted on 12/04/2014 2:19:25 PM PST by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
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To: Oatka
It's revenue neutral!
41 posted on 12/04/2014 4:01:47 PM PST by justrepublican (Screaming like a "Vexatious requester" at a Wellstone memorial...........)
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