illiterate Electorate: Quote of the Day

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: “I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization.”

Anonymous said...: I say this all the time.

I love what Bill Maher said on Friday as well. The conservatards always claim not to tax us but then fees, fines, etc. all go up to the point where you can hardly afford them. Pretty soon you'll need to take a loan out to pay for a speeding ticket. Oh wait, sorry, it'll be impossible to get a loan now unless you're rich.; October 8, 2008 at 9:05 AM
alzaido alzaido said...: Right on Helen. It was nice of W. to give me a $1200 rebate. Too bad my bills have gone up over $400 a month with major cut backs on my spending. So I buy much less, yet I'm in the hole $400+ every month. I suppose it's the conservatard way!; October 8, 2008 at 10:10 AM
Comrade Kevin said...: Taxes are not the root of all evil. But for some reason Americans haven't wanted to pay them, even when they were necessary.

Hard to undo all that.; October 8, 2008 at 12:25 PM
Kup said...: Comrade- It looks like it might be impossible.; October 8, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Randal Graves said...: Holmes was nothing but a pantywaist commie homersexual.; October 8, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Anonymous said...: Anti-taxers are the petulant teens of our society. They want all the rights of citizenship and none of the responsibilities.

Signed,

The mother of three sometimes petulant children; October 8, 2008 at 6:27 PM