BREAKING NEWS; clever people don't pay too much tax!

[Tarquin Farquhar]

High taxes are not just for revenue. It is done to control the population. Eg: Take as much money from taxpayers and control it by handing some back in benefits. Meanwhile the tax burden is forcing people into debt

Armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.

James Madison, 4th President of the USA.

[AlfredJPruffock]

High taxes are not just for revenue. It is done to control the population. Eg: Take as much money from taxpayers and control it by handing some back in benefits. Meanwhile the tax burden is forcing people into debt

Income Tax was created by the Government to fund the Napoleonic Wars - prior to that there was a taxation on land and goods - oddly enough after the Napoleonic Wars they decided to continue with Income Tax.

[EternalOptimist]

High taxes are not just for revenue. It is done to control the population. Eg: Take as much money from taxpayers and control it by handing some back in benefits. Meanwhile the tax burden is forcing people into debt

Income Tax was created by the Government to fund the Napoleonic Wars - prior to that there was a taxation on land and goods - oddly enough after the Napoleonic Wars they decided to continue with Income Tax.

maybe we should invent a new tax to fund the Afghan war. Why should Napoleon get all the mentions ?