(Editor’s Note: Our friend Thomas Foley sent us the amusing e-mail below. We can’t vouch for the accuracy, but it makes for interesting reading.)

Having served as a tax attorney and on Tax Review Commission,  at first I thought this was funny...then I realized the awful truth of it.

Read to the very end.... it really makes a point.  I am in favor of a flat tax and elimination of 80% of what we call the Department of Taxation.

      Tax his land,
      Tax his bed,
      Tax the table
      At which he's fed.

      Tax his tractor,
      Tax his mule,
      Teach him taxes
      Are the rule.

      Tax his cow,
      Tax his goat,
      Tax his pants,
      Tax his coat.

      Tax his ties,
      Tax his shirt,
      Tax his work,
      Tax his dirt.

      Tax his tobacco,
      Tax his drink,
      Tax him if he
      Tries to think.

      Tax his cigars,
      Tax his beers,
      If he cries, then
      Tax his tears.

      Tax his car,
      Tax his gas,
      Find other ways
      To tax his ass

      Tax all he has
      Then let him know
      That you won't be done
      Till he has no dough.

      When he screams and hollers,
      Then tax him some more,
      Tax him till
      He's good and sore.

      Then tax his coffin,
      Tax his grave,
      Tax the sod in
      Which he's laid.

      Put these words
      upon his tomb,
      "Taxes drove me to my doom..."

      When he's gone,
      Do not relax,
      Its time to apply
      The inheritance tax.

      Accounts Receivable Tax
      Building Permit Tax
      CDL license Tax
      Cigarette Tax
      Corporate Income Tax
      Dog License Tax
      Excise Taxes
      Federal Income Tax
      Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
      Fishing License Tax
      Food License Tax,
      Fuel permit tax
      Gasoline Tax (42 cents per gallon)
      Gross Receipts Tax
      Hunting License Tax
      Inheritance Tax
      Interest expense
      Inventory tax
      IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
      Liquor Tax
      Luxury Taxes
      Marriage License Tax
      Medicare Tax
      Personal Property Tax
      Property Tax
      Real Estate Tax
      Service charge taxes
      Social Security Tax
      Road usage taxes
      Sales Tax
      Recreational Vehicle Tax
      School Tax
      State Income Tax
      State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
      Telephone federal excise tax
      Telephone federal universal service fee tax
      Telephone federal, state and local surcharge taxes
      Telephone minimum usage surcharge tax
      Telephone recurring and non-recurring charges tax
      Telephone state and local tax
      Telephone usage charge tax
      Utility Taxes
      Vehicle License Registration Tax
      Vehicle Sales Tax
      Watercraft registration Tax
      Well Permit Tax
      Workers Compensation Tax

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What the hell happened?  Can you spell "politicians?"