Let Them Eat Tax Forms

TAX TIME MAKES ONE NOSTALGIC FOR THE DAYS WHEN we had a government. I mean way back, before U.S. Senators started resigning to go in search of productive employment. I mean long ago, when citizens sent off their tax forms marked "sealed with a kiss," knowing Uncle Sam would use the money to right wrongs, build bridges and comfort the widows and orphans. But has anyone seen Uncle Sam recently? There is a rumor that the Nixon team took out the old gent two decades ago. They found him rattling around in a back office, raving about health care and housing...

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