We Geese Survive

It appears that we geese will get away with out lives this year.

We will be allowed to continue to lay our golden eggs and remain relatively free, despite the complete control of all three branches of Illinois state government by Democrats.

That’s assuming weak-kneed Republicans in Springfield don’t provide the votes to raise our taxes during the summer.

It reminds me of what French King Louis XIV's Exchequer Jean-Baptiste Colbert said:

"The art of taxation is like plucking a goose: to get the most feathers with the least amount of hissing."

Maybe yesterday's blue moon had an effect on the Democrats.

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