08.30.06
My proto-libertarian daughter
I was in the car with my six year old daughter, Tara, in the back seat. She was doing one of those word search puzzles.
She says to me, “Daddy, I found the word ‘tax’ in my word search. T-A-X.”
“Good,” I reply. I don’t think that was one of the words on the find list, but she found it anyway. “Do you know what a tax is?” I ask.
She thinks for a quick beat, then says, “It’s money you have to pay to keep your stuff.”
They catch on quick, don’t they?
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August 30, 2006 at 9:19 pm
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September 1, 2006 at 12:21 am
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