(January 23, 2013 at 11:37 pm)jonb Wrote: As I pointed out earlier I can use the phrase 'Walking up the stairs taxed me'.
As an old Englishman I use the term tax not just in governmental contexts. I do not see why I should alter my usage. My language is representative of my culture, the culture I was brought up in, and that is the way I am going to carry on expressing myself.
It is taxing to have to say the same thing over and over again. I am taxed by it. It is a taxation on my time and even on my money as I am paying 50% towards an interweb connection to carry on this argument. OK
So there there is this massive inequality, that OXFAM reported.
Yeah, I use the word tax all the time... and very rarely in a connection with the government. The only time I usually talk about tax in that context is when thinking of ways to evade it.
Cunt
