And On The Other Hand

And On The Other Hand

Two Views on Taxes

“nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right

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Barry J. Klazura

July 23, 2020

“nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands…to demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.” Senior Judge of the U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Learned Hand, the most quoted lower Court Judge by the Supreme Court in History (The Forgotten Man, pp 206)

“I like taxes. They are the price I pay for civilization” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (Ibid, pp 313)

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Written by Barry J. Klazura

Writer, historian, and financial advisor. I studied Political Science at Loyola University Chicago and have spent a lifetime reading history. I write because the mainstream will not ask the hard questions. 

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