“The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.”
– Jean-Baptiste Colbert, revenue minister to King Louis XIV of France.
“The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.”
– Jean-Baptiste Colbert, revenue minister to King Louis XIV of France.