https://freerepublic.com/tag/taxtruth/ en-us Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:48:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4391906/posts A sanctimonious liberal like any other respectable 16-year-old, I made a seminal lurch to the right the first time I opened a pay slip. I was manning the register weekends for the Ice Capades Chalet in Atlanta and made about $40 a week. Or so I imagined. Then where the hell was it? The significantly lighter payment was my rude introduction to taxation at source. Indignation at being fleeced at a minimal income persisted into my adulthood. I lived on a wing and a prayer for decades, and having to pitch anything whatsoever in the communal pot was consternating. I... The Spectator https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4391906/posts#comment Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:48:20 GMT