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Too much government help doesn't Jan 20, 2008 The animals left Animal Farm (Orwell's) and formed a new free society on an island with cheese as currency. The helpers (rats) came along and before they knew it there was so much help that the animals society was sinking from the weight of those who added nothing. The regulators, the inspectors, the tax men and all the other busybodies are there, helping people with things they had done better by themselves, enmeshing them by giving them something they thought someone else was paying for, just like us today.
The book ends with a proposal to simplify the tax system to one rate, with a nominal wealth tax from those who can well afford it and new safeguards against creeping taxism. Points to ponder as the burden of government becomes greater.
Suprisingly Great Read Oct 01, 2007 Not often a fan of sequels, I read this book because George Orwell's Animal Farm is one of my favorite tomes of all time. I was quite surprised that this author was able to match the imagery and relevance of the original while introducing new characters and addressing the problems of a different society. This book opened my mind to new thoughts regarding the US tax code, and gave me hope that there may be an actual remedy for our broken system. In the spirit of the Godfather Part II, this read was equally as good and thought provoking as the original. Congratulations to the author.
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