{"id":801,"date":"2016-04-15T10:28:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T14:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evanmckinney.com\/blog\/?p=801"},"modified":"2016-04-15T10:28:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T14:28:06","slug":"tax-day-taxation-with-representation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evanmckinney.com\/blog\/friday-fun\/tax-day-taxation-with-representation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Day: Taxation with Representation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nChances are, you\u2019re probably familiar with Benjamin Franklin\u2019s famous line \u201cin this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.\u201d\u00a0 In fact, if you\u2019re really not a fan of taxes (and let\u2019s face it, who is), you may be familiar with some of the other great quotes that tax-haters have said over the years (like Will Rogers\u2019 not-quite-as-famous line \u201cthe only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn\u2019t get worse every time Congress meets.\u201d) \u00a0However, in the end, it doesn\u2019t really matter how many great quotes you know or how much you loathe the prospect of giving up your hard-earned cash, you still have to pay the piper in the end.\u00a0 And, as you have probably already realized, today marks the day where just about everyone has to pay up because it\u2019s the last day you can file your taxes.\u00a0 Fortunately, just because you have to file today doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that you can\u2019t still have some fun this weekend, and if you\u2019re looking for a way to have some fun and get your mind off of the tax man (or tax woman as the case may be), there\u2019s no better way than to hear the stories of the men and women who fought to get us taxation WITH<\/u><\/strong> representation in the first place.<\/p>\n

If this sounds like an interesting way to spend part of your weekend, then you should definitely head over to the Pilgrim Church on Coolidge Ave in Lexington, MA.\u00a0 This is because the Pilgrim Church is hosting the 10th<\/sup> anniversary performance of \u201cIn Their Own Words\u201d on Sunday from 8:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.\u00a0 This performance will give you the opportunity to learn about the beginning of the American Revolution through the words of the people who actually lived it as a group of talented actors read from the diaries, depositions, letters, and sermons of the active participants in and the witnesses of the events that began the revolution.\u00a0 For more information on \u201cIn Their Own Words\u201d and\/or to order tickets for the event, please visit the Lexington Historical Society\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo credit: denisbin<\/a> via Visualhunt<\/a> \/ CC BY-ND<\/a><\/p>\n

Works Consulted<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Benjamin Franklin.” BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2016. 15 April 2016. http:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/authors\/b\/benjamin_franklin.html <\/a><\/p>\n

“Will Rogers.” BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2016. 15 April 2016. http:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/authors\/w\/will_rogers.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chances are, you\u2019re probably familiar with Benjamin Franklin\u2019s famous line \u201cin this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.\u201d\u00a0 In fact, if you\u2019re really not a fan of taxes (and let\u2019s face it, who is), you may be familiar with some of the other great quotes that tax-haters have said … Continue reading “Tax Day: Taxation with Representation”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,6,7],"tags":[73,76,140,639,680,783,785,1018,1266,1434],"class_list":["post-801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston-area","category-friday-fun","category-history","tag-american-history","tag-american-revolution","tag-benjamin-franklin","tag-history","tag-in-their-own-words","tag-lexington","tag-lexington-historical-society","tag-pilgrim-church","tag-taxes","tag-will-rogers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanmckinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanmckinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanmckinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanmckinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanmckinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evanmckinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanmckinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanmckinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanmckinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}