The colonists, it seems, had to "pay taxes to which their consent had never been asked." Today we pay taxes but our consent has been asked, and we have told the government to go ahead and tax us all they want to. We like it.


The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (1950) - Part V: Merrie England - George III


The colonists, it seems, had to pay taxes to which their consent had never been asked. Today we pay taxes but our consent has been asked, and we have ...

The colonists, it seems, had to pay taxes to which their consent had never been asked. Today we pay taxes but our consent has been asked, and we have ...

The colonists, it seems, had to pay taxes to which their consent had never been asked. Today we pay taxes but our consent has been asked, and we have ...

The colonists, it seems, had to pay taxes to which their consent had never been asked. Today we pay taxes but our consent has been asked, and we have ...