A couple of weeks after hearing a sermon on Psalm 51:2-4 (knowing my own hidden secrets) and Psalm 52:3-4 (lies and deceit), a man wrote the following letter to the IRS:
Taxing issues with Tax Returns: Tax help for Church-goers
Infernal Revenue - Archie Bunker Expenditure rises to meet income. - Northcote Parkinson I'm very strongly against tax increases. - Donald Trump Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre The power to tax involves the power to destroy. - John Marshall The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love. - Joe E Lewis Most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson Life is about making an impact, not making an income. - Kevin Kruse A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves. - Bertrand de Jouvenel It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. - Oscar Wilde I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together. - Gerald R. Ford No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction. - American Proverb When your outgo exceeds your income, the upshot may be your downfall. - Paul Harvey The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them. - Bill Vaughan Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. - Bertrand Russell To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government. - Mark Twain The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government. - P Chidambaram There's nothing like a two-hour tax appointment to make you question your career. - Shawn Hitchins Taxes are the dues that we pay for the privilege of membership in an organized society. - Franklin D Roosevelt Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence. - John Foster Dulles A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income. - George Bernard Shaw I'm proud to be paying taxes. The only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money. - Arthur Godfrey A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them. - P.J. O'Rourke There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist - the taxidermist leaves the hide. - Mortimer Caplan A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson I could juggle anything in my day: balls, cigar boxes, knives. But I could never juggle my income tax. - WC Fields If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance. - Suze Orman Where there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. - Plato Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government. - Donald Trump Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless. - Milton Friedman All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every living organism to live beyond its income. - Samuel Butler The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. - Arthur C. Clarke There was a fire at the main Inland Revenue office in London today, but it was put out before any serious good was done. - Ronnie Corbett It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey Very few of these panic-mongers have any personal knowledge of the countries that are already under blackshirt government. - Lord Rothermere The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep. - Will Rogers I see a good deal of talk from Washington about lowering taxes. I hope they do get 'em lowered enough so people can afford to pay 'em. - Will Rogers see also Government, Finance & Stress Sections 2012 Tax Return (U.S.) DiscourageMeant IRS Custom Tax Thumb Drive IRS Middle Class Pencil Sharpener I.R.S. Humor New IRS Form Pay Your Taxes Revenue Canada Simplified Tax Form Revenue Canada Subscription Cancellation The Importance of Tax Return Accuracy (U.K.) |
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