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Will Rogers

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.

Will Rogers

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Will Rogers is saying that when you earn money, the government takes a portion of it, like dunking you in a creek and soaking the cash in your pockets. Whatever money remains dry after the government’s share is what you get to keep.

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