{"id":5268,"date":"2006-04-15T23:47:32","date_gmt":"2006-04-16T03:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2006\/04\/15\/ghosts-of-tax-days-past-scroo"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:00","slug":"ghosts-of-tax-days-past-scrooge-was-surely-a-tax-whiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/04\/15\/ghosts-of-tax-days-past-scrooge-was-surely-a-tax-whiner\/","title":{"rendered":"ghosts of tax days past (Scrooge was surely a tax-whiner)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

Heads-up<\/em>: If you think discovery of the <\/span><\/span>Judas Gospel<\/span><\/em><\/a> was exciting, wait until <\/span><\/p>\n

we all get our hands on the newly-found An Easter Carol<\/em> by Charles Dickens. <\/span><\/p>\n

All the details have not yet been released, because the previously unknown <\/span><\/p>\n

text has apparently been stolen by a rightwing, Hendricksonian<\/span><\/a> anti-tax group. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"ScroogeStewart\"<\/span><\/p>\n

A Christmas Carol<\/span><\/em><\/a> (1999) (Patrick Stewart)<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s what f\/k\/a<\/em>‘s investigatory team has learned so far:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"tiny An Easter Carol<\/em> was apparently drafted by Dickens <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

before the release of his A Christmas Carol, <\/em>but an <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

antitaxation publisher refused to print it. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"tiny Ebenezer Scrooge is also the protagonist of An Easter <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Carol<\/em>. He is, of course, a dreadful miser, and — to use <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

a term coined by Your Editor — a tax-whiner. <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/span>Scrooge<\/span><\/em><\/a> (1970) (Albert Finney) <\/span><\/span>\"ScroogeFinney\" <\/span><\/p>\n

The discovered text has a plot remarkedly <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

similar to A Christmas Carol<\/em>, with Scrooge<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

uttering his famous quote about Easter, rather <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

than Christmas: “a time for finding yourself a <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

year older, and not an hour richer”.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\"tiny Scrooge is again visited by three Ghosts, and <\/span><\/p>\n

has <\/span>a total reformation — much of it due to the Easter <\/span><\/p>\n

message of love and sacrifice for all.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"ScroogeScott\" <\/span> A Christmas Carol<\/span><\/em><\/a> (1984) (George C. Scott)<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Again, the depiction of Ignorance<\/em> and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Want<\/em> moves Scrooge greatly, and he <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

vows to help raise public funds to assure <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

excellent education and a basic safety-net <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

for all of his fellow Britains. Tiny Tim’s death <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

also turns Scrooge into an advocate of universal <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

health care.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We hope that Prof. Maule<\/a> and Prof. Carron<\/a> will help us learn<\/span><\/span><\/span> more about this Dickensian treasure. Until then, you might want to peruse some of f\/ka<\/em>–ethicalEsq<\/em>‘s Tax Day Postings Past, which are in the spirit of An Easter Carol<\/em>:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"TaxWhinerTUCummingsS\" larger<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Albany Times Union<\/em>\/Barbara Cummings<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

– <\/span>Trying to Tolerate Tax-Whiners<\/span><\/a> (2003) [good stuff!]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

– <\/span>Tax-Whiner-Free Zone<\/span><\/a> (2004)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

– <\/span>taxes and sycophants in athens<\/span><\/a> (2005)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"TaxWhinerTUs\"<\/span> larger<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"tiny Also above is an image<\/a> of Your Editor’s first Tax-Whiner <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

op\/ed, from the Albany Times Union<\/em> (“The Annual Whine<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Festival<\/em>,” March 31, 1998, B1)<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

second day
\nof the New Year:
\ntaxes arrive<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

………………………….\u00a0 Tom Clausen<\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

from Homework<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/em> (2000)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n

tax audit \u2014
\ndents in damp grass
\nfrom the mower\u2019s wheels<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

………………………………….\u00a0 michael dylan welch<\/span><\/a><\/span> <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (<\/em><\/span>July 2004<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"tax<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

tax day \u2014
\na battery-powered breeze
\nstirs the desk chimes<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

…………………… by Billie Wilson<\/strong><\/span><\/a> from <\/span>The Heron’s Nest<\/em><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

\"ScroogedMurray\"<\/span> Scrooged<\/a> (1998) (Dan Murray)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n

\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heads-up: If you think discovery of the Judas Gospel was exciting, wait until we all get our hands on the newly-found An Easter Carol by Charles Dickens. All the details have not yet been released, because the previously unknown text has apparently been stolen by a rightwing, Hendricksonian anti-tax group. A Christmas Carol (1999) (Patrick […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-1mY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5268"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11139,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268\/revisions\/11139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}