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>>>>Damn that pesky electorate. How dare they want to keep what they earn. If only they'd succomb to the wisdom of an enlightneed elite. ;)
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>>>Can you name any evolved society / country in which people get to keep
all of what they earn? There are some who seem to feel that is an inalienable human right, but in fact such a society does not exist.
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>>The United States 1776-1862 & 1868-1913.
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>My God, man. No one would want to * come * to a country like that ! How would it ever attract immigrants?
;)
Wine is sunlight, held together by water - Galileo Galilei
Un jour sans vin est comme un jour sans soleil - Louis Pasteur
Water separates the people of the world; wine unites them - anonymous
Wine is the most civilized thing in the world - Ernest Hemingway
Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance - Benjamin Franklin
