Word: foss
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...occurred to me that Mr. D. J. Foss may not have given extended thought to his subject before writing his proposal which appeared in TIME under the heading of "Death and Taxes" [TIME...
There are things that might be more easily taxed than burials. Why not begin with a 500% tax on Mr. Foss's necktie and a 1,000% tax on the shoe polish he consumes and 2,500% tax on the value of the church he attends...
Well, let Mr. Foss go ahead and be buried in Potters' Field if he wants...
...would Mr. Foss tax as "fanatical, superstitious and heathenishly extravagant expenditures" the Roman Catholic masses for the dead...
...Burials, Mr. Foss seems to forget, are an absolute necessity if public health is to be protected-burials or cremations. The development of embalming has played a considerable part in decreasing the hazards of epidemics...