The Income Tax- The Root of All EvilRead it and weep.
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The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, short swords, bows, spears, firearms, or other types of arms. The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings.
-- Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Shogun, August 1588
Henceforth, the subjects of the various States are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, short swords, knives, clubs, truncheons, sock & locks, brickbats, sticks, bows, spears, firearms, or other types of arms. The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of confiscatory taxes and tends to increase the effectiveness of resistance. Consequently, failure to turn over such weapons to Federal authorities constitutes a crime against the State, and those duly convicted in the field shall suffer summary execution.
-- Hitlery Clinton, American dictator, January 2009