Anyone recall an Asimov story with ... tax collectors?
danny burstein <[email protected]> Fri, 8 Jul 2022 01:22:42 +0000
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What brings this to mind is the news (spoiler/warning!, political content...) is the news of those IRS audits of two people TFG didn't like. Anyway, Asimov had a short story in, iirc, one of the mystery monthlies (but given he wrote in everywhere and was reprinted in more places, etc., etc...) where one of the key characters around the dinner table was a tax inspector, and he made a BIG POINT that objectivity (and doubly so, the public belief.. ) of tax agencies was critical in a civilized society. Ring any bells with anyone? Thanks _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key [email protected] [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]