Could you use a little tax humor right about now?
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You know, they say the only things for certain in this life
are death and taxes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here's an old tax poem that still rings as true today as ever.
The Tax Collector, he done come around -
He taxed my house and he taxed my ground.
He taxed my barn, and he taxed my land -
And the taxed the "crik" and a pile of sand;
And the cyclone came and blew the house down;
And the tax collector, he done come around ...
And he taxed me up for the hole in the ground!!
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One score and six years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this nation a new tax; conceived in desperation, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are fair game....
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