The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing. (Jean-Baptiste Colbert)

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

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