Tax
May 10, 2017
American presidents take on the taxman
President Donald J. Trump's disdain for paying taxes makes him unique neither as a president nor a citizen.
James Attridge
Law Ofc of James Attridge
270 Divisadero St #3
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Phone: (415) 552-3088
Email: jattridge@attridgelaw.com
U Denver School of Law
James is an attorney and mediator in San Francisco. He is writing a book about presidential legal careers.
"Taxes are what we pay for civilized society." These words, penned by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. inCompania General de Tabacos del Fillipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue, 279 U.S. 306 (1929), are literally chiseled in stone on the façade of the Internal Revenue Service Building in Washington, D.C. What the IRS neglects to mention is that Holmes spent more than 50 years drawing a government paycheck and wrote those words in dissent.
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