Zek instituted progressive income tax three months ago.
You call that a reform? Taxes go against the very spirit of free enterprise! That's they call it "free"!
The government needed revenues to fund the new social programs. Wage subsidies for the poor, retirement benefits for the aged, healthcare for--
Stop, stop, stop! I had no idea things had gotten so bad! This is all Moogie's fault; he's been polluting Zek's mind with notions of "equality" and "compassion".
Whatever happened to the survival of the fittest? Whatever happened to the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? Whatever happened to pure, unadultered greed?
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