Auntie Kate The Resale Expert

(On the Too Good to be Threw discussion board for professional resale shopkeepers, consignment shop owners, and thrift managers, one participant mentioned that the “authorities” are insisting she pay property tax on goods she does not own: that are not hers.) This quote is a good thing to keep in mind, when some bureaucrat is holding a “gun” (jail, penalty, prison, fine, ruination) to your head.

There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws. Ayn Rand

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