Incidentally... the quotes you've been reading for the last few posts come from zompist.com, a site maintained by Mark Rosenfelder containing such diverse elements as the constructed world of Verduria, a SpinnWebe satellite site, and the sci.lang FAQ. There are also a number of essays that are simply a gold mine for great quotes. Go visit, it's pretty cool.
"Exercises for the Republican reader #3:
Take your favorite flat tax proposal and your last 1040, and have your
acountant calculate how much money it will save you. Find the names of the five
or six middle-class people who will have to make up that shortfall, and write
them a nice thank-you note."
--Mark Rosenfelder
Posted
by blahedo
at 5:40pm
on 27 Aug 2002