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A Republican Discusses Taxes

Because they pay too much in taxes-- To feed the poor and fight the axis-- The rich are truly discommoded. It spoils the fun of being loaded.

Calvin Trillin

January 16, 2003

Because they pay too much in taxes– To feed the poor and fight the axis– The rich are truly discommoded. It spoils the fun of being loaded. So we should tax the poor instead– A tax on alms, or day-old bread.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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