The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Finance Minister to Louis XIV
The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Finance Minister to Louis XIV