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the price of civilization, billed retroactively and spent before you finish reading the invoice.
means the money governments collect through taxes to fund public spending, from roads to armies to your senator's frequent flyer miles.
from from latin taxare, to assess or evaluate; governments have been assessing what you owe since ancient egypt taxed cooking oil.
biggest sourceincome taxes fund most modern governments
oldest taxegypt taxed grain harvests around 3000 bc
vat trickeurope hides it inside sticker prices
laffer curvetax too much, revenue can actually shrink