When Barbary Pirates demand a fee for allowing you to do business, it's
called 'tribute money'. When the Mafia demands a fee for allowing you to do
business, it's called 'the protection racket'. When the State demands a fee
for allowing you to do business, it's called 'sales tax'.
-- Jeff Daiell
Quote #549
When the mightily-hewn warrior-hero Glark One-Ea fed up with paying the
tribute demanded by the despotic wizard Jormed-the-Doubly-Soulless, set out
to single-handedly unite the warring barbarian tribes of Verfot and lead
them in bloodily overthrowing the evil mage's tyranny, he envisioned a
progressive tax system based upon income brackets, yet allowing deductions
for business expenses, dependents, and charitable donations....
