Show I Something For Everyone By BERT LUCKY BOYACK f f i 1 c I 1 Taxes are sky high Rent is higher Prices sky rocket Wages too But the prices are not on an even keel with wages or taxes The latter eat up the rent and in m turn the wages And count down 1 i 2 3 Here we go around the mulberry bush the mulberry bush with taxes One wise Taxman remarks The mind is a wonderful thing it starts working the minute youre you're born and never stops until you sit down dO to work on an income tax form Corm Behind every successful man theres there's an income tax in in- in checking ing on his deductions Soupy Sales s sA A local tax consultant exclaimed Paying taxes for some people is like woolen underwear They come into in into into to pay for it but when they find out how much it will be they itch to get out of oC it Wife Will you tell what that long blonde hair on your coat means Tax consultant husband Trouble my dear it means trouble Because my wife is a very determined woman I can stay out with you all hours of the night said the internal revenue officer to his bachelor friend When I dont don't come home at a reasonable hour she starts to play solitaire She's very determined and will continue playing without a stop until she wins a game Until she does win can interrupt her Then he took out two playing cards from his pocket As long as I have these from her own deck Im I'm safe The wife greeted her husband affectionately he young as f entered ht r d the living room u upon n his his- return from the tax revenue revenue rev rev- office Poor darling she murmured you must be tired and hungry How about a tender steak baked potato fresh mushroom sauce and tossed salad No dear he said lets save money and eat at home l r Quip from a pip Sure there are many more important Ii things than money only you need money to buy them and aId after you pay your income tax what do you have left I II I CAUSTIC SHORT SHOTS Sometimes it seems to us that a tax form has turned into a receipt for your monthly paycheck paycheck paycheck pay pay- check One man coming out of the IRS I.R.S. office was irritated and even more so when he noticed two signs Think Think Dont Don't Swear One business man curtly but rather confused remarked Financially the amount I pay in taxes may keep the government intact for one second second second sec sec- ond I would just love to ke keep p the tax money for a second and I know the government go bankrupt Credit cards are wonderful They are recognized by restaurants restaurants restaurants res res- motels airlines almost everybody except the internal revenue service Taxpayer to IRS I.R.S. representative representative representative I hope you'll be half as fussy about you YOU spend it as you are about how I spent it In a few weeks last years year's income will be but a fond memory However the tax liability linger on Secretary of the IRS I.R.S. to her boss as they viewed a tramp at the pay desk He says he just came to gloat It could be said The average taxpayer is the first of Americas America's natural resources to be exhausted Im the outdoor type whispered one young tax inspector tor to his girl friend I like to do everything under the sun Good she exclaimed but arent aren't you afraid well we'll get getan getan getan an awful sun burn Ernie on telephone I want to see you in the worst possible way Winnie Come around before beCore I have had my breakfast and after I have paid my taxes II One revenue collector to another II At At the hotel where you stayed did you have to dress for dinner Yes it was the law of the land Rodney You should always pay your taxes with a smile Herbert I wish I could but they insist on money LAST WORD Death and taxes has been a popular saying for many a day originally this was first seen ina in ina ina a Letter for Cor Jean Baptiste Le Rey by Benjamin Franklin Frank Frank- lin in 1789 But in this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes |