“The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least hissing.”
-Jean Baptiste Colbert (Finance Minister to Louis XIV)
Opec seems to have forgotten the history lesson.
See below for the the path this chart took to get here.
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From The Big Picture:
via Jake at Econmompic
Source:
OPEC Revenue Exceeds U.S. Income Tax Receipts: Chart of Day
Peter Robison
Bloomberg, Aug. 15 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDuZLnxkKPGA&
*From Gizmodo:
Porn: Huge California Porn Tax Proposal Goes Limp
