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Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and normally it takes an impending catastrophe to bring it down.
The choice of personnel, perhaps the most important choice (because 'people are policy'), never proceeds according to plan, but there have been some successful transitions that upheld high standards.
Louis Agassiz, Scientist (1807) |
Colbie Caillat, Musician (1985) |
Bulent Ecevit, Politician (1925) |
Ian Fleming, Author (1908) |
John Fogerty, Musician (1945) |
Luke Ford, Writer (1966) |
Kirk Gibson, Athlete (1957) |
Roland Gift, Actor (1962) |
Rudy Giuliani, Politician (1944) |
Lynn Johnston, Cartoonist (1947) |
Alfred Adler, Psychologist (1937) |
Edward VIII, Royalty (1972) |
King Edward VIII, Royalty (1972) |
Carter Glass, Politician (1946) |
Phil Hartman, Actor (1998) |