H. L. Mencken Quote

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.

The Gist of Mencken: Quotations from America's Critic (ed. 1990)

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two...

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two...

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two...

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two...