Buying civilisation
I liked this quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes, the famous US Supreme Court Judge, who said:
‘I like to pay taxes. With them I buy civilisation.’
Of course some of the taxes we pay go to crap initiatives that are misguided and unconstructive. But maybe we should stop thinking of taxes as wholly bad, as they seem to be portrayed so often. Taxes are crucial for the funding of our health system, education, infrastructure, supporting vulnerable families, heaps of stuff that’s totally fundamental to a fair society. Maybe some of us should stop feeling so hard done by!
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