Word: taxman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with prerecorded mutters, wails and injunctions to silence; entrepreneurs tap their way down the corridors, prodding each moulding in the hope that a panel will fly open, revealing a lost Titian, an undocumented Goya, or a Japanese gingko-nut tycoon with an open checkbook. Collectors do not want the taxman to know how much they paid for what, and neither do dealers. The availability of a painting may be the occasion for as much conspiratorial hoo-ha and discreetly vicious elbowing as anything in the annals of industrial espionage. It is fun. It becomes a habit of mind, a badge...
...that classic incident illustrates, confounding the taxman is one of the world's most popular unsung sports. It is usually played in the spring, and like polo, it is excelled at by the very rich. The rules vary widely. Indonesia, for instance, makes the game laughably easy by merely asking taxpayers to register and pay up, and ignoring those...
...taxes, property taxes, Social Security taxes and "sin" taxes on liquor and cigarettes. Between 1960 and 1970, the tax burden on each American man, woman and child almost doubled, from $711 to $1,348. Many Americans, worried about just what will be taxed next, could echo the Beatles' song, Taxman...