Perfectly Legal - Alex Odom

"Patriotism can often be translated into dollars and cents-in fact, the material side of patriotism is often quite as important as the spiritual side" (19)

In public policy, it matters less who has the best arguments and more who gets heard - and by whom" (307)

"The tax system today is not promoting prosperity based on individual enterprise and thriftiness. It is instead working, as all socialist redistribution schemes do. to enrich and benefit those who have access to the levers of power. IN America that is the political donor class."

If we can't make sure that everyone pays their fair share, then honest taxpayers get stuck making up the difference" (158)

1984 Themes

Some general themes of 1984 include
- double speak
- totalitarianism
- control of information (relates pretty well to by book on tax system)
- propaganda
- patriotism
- class/social systems
- language controll
- allocation of resources

The Movie