Tax time will never be pleasant, but making form preparation easier, understanding better how government spending buys useful goods and services, and re-examining the tax expenditures in our tax code at least can mitigate our tax pain.

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But equal ranks and equal property never can be inferred from it, any more than equal understanding, agility, vigor or beauty.

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