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CuteOldGuy · 02-29-2012, 04:45 PM

What do you think? Did the New York Times go too far? “[The Income Tax is] a vicious, inequitable, unpopular, impolitic and socialist act.” – The NY Times, 1894.

Well, in 1894 they got it right. Might have been the last time.

dilbert firestorm · 03-02-2012, 10:06 PM

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What do you think? Did the New York Times go too far? “[The Income Tax is] a vicious, inequitable, unpopular, impolitic and socialist act.” – The NY Times, 1894.

Well, in 1894 they got it right. Might have been the last time.

that's one hundred eighteen years ago, people's attitudes were different then.

CuteOldGuy · 03-02-2012, 10:10 PM

So, have taxes gotten better, or have the people gotten dumber?

Guest040616 · 03-02-2012, 10:16 PM

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So, have taxes gotten better, or have the people gotten dumber?

After reading the thread you started on "A Nebraskan Who Makes Sense," it is apparent that at least a few of you people have "gotten dumber!"

CuteOldGuy · 03-02-2012, 10:18 PM

BigTurd, I will take that as an insult, uh, well, as soon as I figure out what it means!

Guest040616 · 03-02-2012, 10:23 PM

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as soon as I figure out what it means!

I will see if I can find a third grader to explain it to you!

dilbert firestorm · 03-02-2012, 11:51 PM

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So, have taxes gotten better, or have the people gotten dumber?

have taxes gotten better?? not sure where you're going with this, I think you mis-wrote.

I think people are not necessarily dumber, but ignorant.