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Why, oh why do we pay taxes, huh? Just so we can have bloody parking restrictions, and bloody ugly traffic wardens, and bollocky pedestrian bloody crossings! Why not just have a “Stupidity Tax?” Just tax the stupid people!
— Eddie • Absolutely Fabulous
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker angrily asks what taxes even pay for, listing petty irritations: parking limits, ugly wardens and awful crossings. Then comes a sarcastic proposal, a special levy on stupid people. The rant swings from complaint about officialdom to a joke that turns insults into public policy.
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