Eve decided to get gold from Adam, every time they had sex. In those days, they ate and had sex, that was all there was to do. He refused to pay for the food that generally he had procured, that Eve prepared. The menu was very skimpy, to say the least. They didn't really refer to it as sex, they called it Fufu. Eve realized that if she held back on the Fufu long enough, she could have her way with him.
So, one day, she looked Adam, right in the eye and told him, "Wantum gold for Fufu, no gold, no Fufu." He originally objected, but a few days without Fufu was enough for him, he went to the river, found some gold, gave it to her, and Eve was happy. Oddly enough, they didn't refer to it as gold, they called it Taxamatious, which, being too long, was shortened to Tax, thus, the first Tax was actually charged for Fufu.
Taxes, in a way, are still being thrust upon us, and Fufu enters in to it, somewhat. Actually, we now pay the Tax and still be Fufu'd, so to speak.
Ironic in a way, that the people responsible for us paying Taxes are the ones who reap the rewards of the Tax. How did we all become so immune to the sting of taxes. We "bitch" and complain a little, and then pay them. Odd, too, the people who collect the taxes, pursue us when we don't pay them, prosecute us for not paying them, incarcerate us as a penalty, and then, even feed us while serving the penalty for not paying them, are all payed by our tax money.
"Protection" money, as collected by the mob years ago, was considered illegal. Yet, we pay taxes to pay our police, to protect us. A thin line there, between what is "legal" - "right" - and "wrong."
A small minority of the population analyze these things, the vast majority, accept it, unquestionably. If the voting populace does not become more "politically articulate" .... the disastrous path we are on now, will not only continue, but grow and grow and become insurmountable..
