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<blockquote data-quote="WellaNation" data-source="post: 11320836" data-attributes="member: 378481"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"> <span style="font-family: 'arial'"> <span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #000000"><p style="margin-left: 20px"> This was sent by an accountant to my e-mail</p></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">A personal note:</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Mr. O M Weerasooriya has done a wonderful job by writing this poem but</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">there is something that we would like you to know.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">A Developed country will collect 20 to 35% as taxes in this world.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">A Developing country will collect 35 to 42.5% as taxes.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Today Sri Lanka collects 63% as taxes. Every 100 rupees you earn 63 rupees</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">will go back to the government as taxes.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">This means Sri Lanka is heading for disaster like Zimbabwe who collects a</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">whopping 88% as taxes.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Support somebody who could change this at least to a developing level.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Tax Poem</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"> </p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">At first I thought this was funny...then I realized the awful truth of it.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Be sure to read all the way to the end as that's the punch line!</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tax his land, tax his bed,</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tax the table at which he's fed.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tax his tractor, tax his mule,</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tax his cow, tax his goat,</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Teach him taxes are the rule.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tax his work, Tax his pay,</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">He works for peanuts Anyway!</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tax his pants, Tax his coat.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tax his ties, tax his shirt,</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tax his work, tax his dirt.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tax his tobacco, tax his drink,</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tax him if he tries to think.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tax his cigars, Tax his beers,</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">If he cries tax his tears.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tax his car, Tax his gas,</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Find other ways to tax his ass.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tax all he has, then let him know</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">That you won't be done, till he has no dough</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">When he screams and hollers;</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Then tax him some more,</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tax him till he's good and sore.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Then tax his coffin, Tax his grave,</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Tax the sod in which he's laid.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Put these words upon his tomb,</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">'Taxes drove me to my doom...'</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">When he's gone, do not relax,</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Its time to ap ply the inheritance tax.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Accounts Receivable Tax, Airline surcharge tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Airline Fuel Tax, Airport Maintenance Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Building Permit Tax, Cigarette Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Corporate Income Tax, Death Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dog License Tax, Driving Permit Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Excise Taxes, Federal Income Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Federal Unemployment (UI), Fishing License Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Food License Tax, Petrol Tax (too much per liter)</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Gross Receipts Tax, Health Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Hunting License Tax, Hydro Tax, Inheritance Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Interest Tax, Liquor Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Luxury Taxes, Marriage License Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Medicare Tax, Mortgage Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Personal Income Tax, Property Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Poverty Tax, Prescription Drug Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Provincial Income Tax, Real Estate Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Recreational Vehicle Tax, Retail Sales Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Service Charge Tax, School Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Telephone Tax, Telephone, Provincial and Local Surcharge Taxes</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax, Vehicle License Registration Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Vehicle Sales Tax, Water Tax, Watercraft Registration Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Well Permit Tax, Workers Compensation Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Entertainment Tax, Tourism Promotion Tax</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Value Added Tax........</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our Nation was one of the</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">most prosperous in the world.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">We had absolutely no national debt, had a large middle-class and Mom stayed</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">home to raise the kids. What in the hell happened?</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Can you spell 'Politicians'?</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">I hope this goes around SRI LANKA at least 100 times!!!!!</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">YOU can help it get there!!!!</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">GO AHEAD - - - be a SRI LANKAN !!!!!!!!!!</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">SEND IT AROUND EVERYWHERE for a change</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Help make a difference.</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">Ayubowan!</span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></p><p></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">If this Is a Re-Post... I apologize!!!! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[/FONT]</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WellaNation, post: 11320836, member: 378481"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=arial] [FONT=arial] [COLOR=#000000] [COLOR=#000000][INDENT] This was sent by an accountant to my e-mail [FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=5] [/SIZE][/INDENT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000000][INDENT][SIZE=3]A personal note:[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Mr. O M Weerasooriya has done a wonderful job by writing this poem but[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]there is something that we would like you to know.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]A Developed country will collect 20 to 35% as taxes in this world.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]A Developing country will collect 35 to 42.5% as taxes.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Today Sri Lanka collects 63% as taxes. Every 100 rupees you earn 63 rupees[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]will go back to the government as taxes.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]This means Sri Lanka is heading for disaster like Zimbabwe who collects a[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]whopping 88% as taxes.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Support somebody who could change this at least to a developing level.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]The Tax Poem[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]At first I thought this was funny...then I realized the awful truth of it.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Be sure to read all the way to the end as that's the punch line![/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tax his land, tax his bed,[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tax the table at which he's fed.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tax his tractor, tax his mule,[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tax his cow, tax his goat,[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Teach him taxes are the rule.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tax his work, Tax his pay,[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]He works for peanuts Anyway![/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tax his pants, Tax his coat.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tax his ties, tax his shirt,[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tax his work, tax his dirt.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tax his tobacco, tax his drink,[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tax him if he tries to think.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tax his cigars, Tax his beers,[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]If he cries tax his tears.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tax his car, Tax his gas,[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Find other ways to tax his ass.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tax all he has, then let him know[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]That you won't be done, till he has no dough[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]When he screams and hollers;[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Then tax him some more,[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tax him till he's good and sore.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Then tax his coffin, Tax his grave,[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tax the sod in which he's laid.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Put these words upon his tomb,[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]'Taxes drove me to my doom...'[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]When he's gone, do not relax,[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Its time to ap ply the inheritance tax.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Accounts Receivable Tax, Airline surcharge tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Airline Fuel Tax, Airport Maintenance Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Building Permit Tax, Cigarette Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Corporate Income Tax, Death Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Dog License Tax, Driving Permit Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Excise Taxes, Federal Income Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Federal Unemployment (UI), Fishing License Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Food License Tax, Petrol Tax (too much per liter)[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Gross Receipts Tax, Health Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Hunting License Tax, Hydro Tax, Inheritance Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Interest Tax, Liquor Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Luxury Taxes, Marriage License Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Medicare Tax, Mortgage Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Personal Income Tax, Property Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Poverty Tax, Prescription Drug Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Provincial Income Tax, Real Estate Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Recreational Vehicle Tax, Retail Sales Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Service Charge Tax, School Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Telephone Tax, Telephone, Provincial and Local Surcharge Taxes[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax, Vehicle License Registration Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Vehicle Sales Tax, Water Tax, Watercraft Registration Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Well Permit Tax, Workers Compensation Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Entertainment Tax, Tourism Promotion Tax[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Value Added Tax........[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our Nation was one of the[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]most prosperous in the world.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]We had absolutely no national debt, had a large middle-class and Mom stayed[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]home to raise the kids. What in the hell happened?[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Can you spell 'Politicians'?[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]I hope this goes around SRI LANKA at least 100 times!!!!![/SIZE] [SIZE=3]YOU can help it get there!!!![/SIZE] [SIZE=3]GO AHEAD - - - be a SRI LANKAN !!!!!!!!!![/SIZE] [SIZE=3]SEND IT AROUND EVERYWHERE for a change[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Help make a difference.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Ayubowan![/SIZE] [/INDENT][/COLOR] [/COLOR] If this Is a Re-Post... I apologize!!!! [/FONT] [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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