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Are we spending too much time paying taxes?

By Nikhil Hira

“The men who collect taxes are working in one of the oldest professions known. Archaeological evidence dating from 1900 BC includes a clay tablet recording a tax for public works and a papyrus scroll which reveals that even 4,000 years ago, taxpayers had some complaints.” – Optimist Magazine

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