Samizdata quote of the day

June 12, 2005
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Samizdata quote of the day

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There is nothing certain but taxes.

- Marvin Minsky

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Since taxes are "man made" and controled by man they are not certain. Our day will come :)

Posted by Cato at June 12, 2005 11:22 PM

Death not on the cards then?

Posted by Peter at June 12, 2005 11:24 PM

Im guessing you can proberbly cure death....

Posted by stuart at June 12, 2005 11:25 PM

Oh! how original!!!

Posted by ernest young at June 13, 2005 01:07 AM

Minsky's Follies?

Posted by D Anghelone at June 13, 2005 02:01 AM

Stuart,

Not if you're hit by a mac truck.

Posted by Denise W at June 13, 2005 04:01 AM

Marvin Minsky has been peddling superficial artificial intelligence junk for 35 years. Fortunately there are some grownups who can see how threadbare the whole sham is.

Posted by rexie at June 13, 2005 09:31 AM

.. and the death of our solar system in a cataclysmic explosion...
... or that the moon will continue to recede and that tides will reduce and days will get longer...
...or that in a million years we shall have evolved into something that is not Homo Sapiens...
...or that the EU will fight to deliver us to a joyous highland of harmonised socialism for as long as it draws breath and taxes...

Posted by Patrick W at June 13, 2005 11:47 AM

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=646523

G8 wants tax on airline tickets to help world poor
By Philip Thornton, Economics Correspondent

13 June 2005

Without shame.
Penalising the most eficient and competitive transport industry. Of course without taxes, those nice cute state owned TGVs will start to rust very soon because cant compete with airlines...

Posted by lucklucky at June 13, 2005 06:44 PM

Minsky's a pessimist. The classic extropian credo is to fight both death and taxes with equal vigour!

Posted by bwanadik at June 13, 2005 09:47 PM

Governement has two main functions. The first is to print money, the second is to devise ways of getting it back.

To date, taxation remains the best way yet devised.

Posted by Steve Gle at June 13, 2005 10:40 PM

Steve:

State-run lotteries are a close second, though.

Posted by Doug Jones at June 14, 2005 12:09 AM

12 comments on a 6 word quote!
13 now..

Posted by Stephan at June 14, 2005 09:17 AM

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