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Ron
Thanks for posting that ditty. Excellent. I copied it and sent it to all of my local and state politicians. I wonder how many will send me an answer and what they will say.

Do you know the author?

The reason for all the taxes is that everyone wants the "government" to do more. Better this, bigger that, more aid for X, more programs to help Y.

Its called socialism. Big brother collects all the money, and redistributes it back to the "people", minus their cut (salaries). Very inefficient. The government does not create any wealth.

The list is woefully incomplete. It does not include any fees and licenses (just other words instead of using "tax"). Dog license, marriage license, etc.