.. in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes
&mdash Benjamin Franklin[1]
Tax
I came across a meme - Tax is a subscription fee to the state we live in. In a way the statement is true.
You owe some money to the land where you live. Most of the countries collect it income tax, some countries do survive without collecting income tax[2]. Having said that Income Tax is not the only tax the state can impose. It charge us via some other means too - corporate tax, Value added tax or Service/sales tax.