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Flat White

Is that tax policy or slapstick comedy?

23 June 2017

7:31 AM

23 June 2017

7:31 AM

The relationship between taxpayers and government should be symbiotic – to the mutual benefit of each party. This is certainly what Adam Smith had in mind when he wrote that everyone should contribute to the support of government in proportion to the revenue they enjoy under the protection of the state.

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