The newest cover for the New Yorker magazine makes a brilliant comment on the relationship between income tax and war machines (so brilliant, in fact, that I conceived of a similar idea months ago, but more on that below). The image on the cover depicts fighter jets, tanks and battleships, whose surfaces are covered with the text and design from the familiar 1040 U.S. tax forms. While this connection between paying for war and income tax is obvious, I’m sure it’s not something most Americans think about as they rush to send out their tax returns in advance of the looming deadline.
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