“We don't need a flat tax, but a flattening tax, to truly level the playing field.”
Jello Biafra (1958) singer and activist
Address to the US Green Party
“Truly decent, innocent people can be taxing to be around.”
Source: Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
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Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
