[ancient_geezer]

To my mind, the MODE of taxation is of utmost importance.

LOL, you aren't the only one to see it that way you know ;O)

 

Patrick Henry, Virginia Ratifying Convention June 12, 1788:

• "the oppression arising from taxation, is not from the amount but, from the mode -- a thorough acquaintance with the condition of the people, is necessary to a just distribution of taxes. The whole wisdom of the science of Government, with respect to taxation, consists in selecting the mode of collection which will best accommodate to the convenience of the people."

 

Out hobbnobing with the colonial riffraff again Bigun??

[Bigun]

Mr. Henry is a friend of mine to be sure!

[Bigun]

If we work upon marble it will perish. If we work upon brass time will efface it. If we rear temples they will crumble to dust. But if we work upon men's immortal minds, if we imbue them with high principles, with the just fear of God and love of their fellow men, we engrave on those tablets something which no time can efface, and which will brighten and brighten to all eternity. Daniel Webster; Speech in Faneuil Hall