Yes, the New York Bagel Tax Is a Real (and Ridiculous) Thing
Taxes are an inevitable part of life. Whether or not we like it (a
nd honestly, I ve yet to meet someone who enjoys being taxed, have you?) there is a cost to everything that we do.
Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy all the way back in 1789 and in his candid note, he wrote, “
Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” However, it wasn’t Franklin who (is almost always credited with) came up with the phrase. The phrase was first known to have been put into writing by a British stage actor by the name of Christopher Bullock in his work, “The Cobbler of Preston” published in 1716 in which he wrote, “