This analogy is hyperbole. First of all, we don't have terminal illness with the IT - more like toothache. If the possible side effects are that his gonads may fall off, he's right to turn down the sanke-oil medecine.
hughly series medecine.
It is not hyperbole to compare the income tax with a terminal illness. However, to compare the income tax to a pesky toothache is indeed hyperbole.
Are you really going to defend the current system? I didn't think anyone would really try to do that.