The Tax-Free Nation Poem

Ollie Wendell Holmes once said
‘Bout taxes in this nation,
They are the price we gotta pay
To have civilization.

But recently I’m thinking
That this rule we should relax,
’Cause I’d rather not be civilized
Then pay my income tax.

The money sinks of public ed,
The vet and welfare rolls,
The subsidies for geezer health,
Who needs these wasteful doles?

Our streets would have no pot holes
If we made them all toll roads,
Stock markets would go through the roof
Without dull legal codes.

To keep our armies solvent
We could send our soldiers plundering;
No revenue means Congress
Won’t in spending realms be blundering.

Who needs a tax-based commonwealth?
For too long we’ve been scamed.
We’ll each care for the things we like,
All other things be damned!

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