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Tax the dead and send bill to the living

By Mugambi Nandi

The famous quote about the certainty of death and taxes has long been attributed to Benjamin Franklin, even though the first record of its appearance was in Daniel Defoe’s book, The Political History of the Devil, in 1726. Things have not changed at all since then. If death does not strike you, taxes will. Even if death strikes you, Caesar will not relent in the pursuit of his dues from you.

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