Our Lack Of
Is there a tax on hope? Why shouldn't there be? Governments seem keen enough to levy a charge on everything else the gives us pleasure. And even if governments don't impose it, there's certainly a tax on pessimism. Every time we take out an insurance policy, we effectively pay for our own lack of faith in the future. This allows us to feel glad when things go wrong, "Hooray!" we say, "I'm covered for this." Perhaps if we weren't all so well protected we would work harder to ensure that more things went right.
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