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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Overpaying for Civilization

When Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes delivered himself of his famous bon mot, "taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society," the price tag for civilization stood at something like 4% of gross domestic product.

Today that bill is more like 24%.

We may want to consider the possibility that we're overpaying for civilization.

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