{"id":3754,"date":"2004-04-14T16:59:21","date_gmt":"2004-04-14T20:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/04\/14\/tax-whiner-free-zone\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:53","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:53","slug":"tax-whiner-free-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/04\/14\/tax-whiner-free-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax-Whiner-Free Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"a1228\" name=\"a1228\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/taxday.gif\" alt=\"tax day\" \/> . .<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">It&#8217;s so sad that the crushing weight of taxes has kept America an economic peon and military pygmy, with an impoverished population that will never enjoy the benefits of consumerism.  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">If you surfed over here, looking for tirades about our tax burden and tears over Tax Freedom Day, you can just ride the tide away from these shores, and float over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.professorbainbridge.com\/2004\/04\/tax_freedom_day.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxfoundation.org\/taxfreedomday.html\">here<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bendomenech.com\/blog\/archives\/001491.html\">there<\/a>, instead.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/profyabutsmall.jpg\" alt=\"prof yabut small\" \/> . . <strong><em><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">no <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unwords.com\/unword\/yabut.html\">yabuts<\/a> on this one!<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>For more on Tax-Whiners see our posting <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/04\/15\/ghosts-of-tax-days-past-scrooge-was-surely-a-tax-whiner\/\">Scrooge was Surely a Tax-Whiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"red\"><strong><em>Afterglow<\/em><\/strong> (04-16-04)<\/font>: For some income tax <strong>humor<\/strong>, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starkman.com\/bestof\/bestof.html\">The Best of TaxLetter<\/a>, a collection of the publication&#8217;s 31 funniest stories..  Also, for a new-agey perspective, see <a href=\"http:\/\/innerself.com\/Humor\/Cosmic_Income_Tax.htm\">Cosmic Income Tax<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/innerself.com\/\">InnerSelf<\/a> website.(thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/temp.starklawlibrary.org\/blog\/\">Nancy at Stark County<\/a> <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Law Library Blog for the <a href=\"http:\/\/temp.starklawlibrary.org\/blog\/archive\/2004_04.html#001728\">pointers<\/a>).<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . It&#8217;s so sad that the crushing weight of taxes has kept America an economic peon and military pygmy, with an impoverished population that will never enjoy the benefits of consumerism. 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