B15 - Death and Taxes

[altariel.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Economy: Taxation; Faramir: Diplomat; Write what you know: A favourite quote from a political or historical figure
Format: Drabble
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Characters: Faramir, Aragorn
Summary: Númenóreans can’t cheat death, but can they get a rebate?

Death and Taxes

“Secondly,” the Prince of Ithilien said, as he passed the King of the West in the corridor, “it affords protection against cheaper and inferior Haradric produce.”

“Fourthly,” he added at the butts the next morning, “the money only comes back to our reconstruction work. Why tax the source?”

“Seventhly,” (murmured to both King and Queen before the speeches began at Merethrond), “the personal fortune of the House of Húrin has been much depleted over the years.”

“And, finally,” said Elessar Telcontar to his Council the next day, “we come to the levy upon oil from the olive presses of Ithilien...”

Comments

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is too wickedly funny! Great stuff. :)

LOL @ 'affords protection against cheaper and inferior Haradric produce'.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

:-D Thank you!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure which is making me laugh more, the drabble or the summary! Why do I now have a mental image of Faramir on the pyre waving an Inland Revenue Self Assessment form?!?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

You just know that Denethor accounts would be meticulous. Faramir will have learned from an expert.

[mikononyte.livejournal.com]

Being from California where they try to tax EVERYTHING... I can hear Faramir now screaming about sending the work to some other port to save taxes and the locals at the Minas Tirith markets screaming about outsourcing....

You are wicked wicked wicked! LOL

[altariel.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Very glad you enjoyed! I had a hoot writing it!

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

LOL Brilliant! Now I understand all about the gas prices and I'm a bit less put out by them.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

LOL! And thank you! :-)

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Ah! So THAT is what he's been rambling on about for days!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Days at the very least!

[aliana1.livejournal.com]

Ha! This is great. I love the skipped ordinals--we get a great sense of Faramir wearing down his King.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

:-) I bet he doesn't do it often, but when he does, he's relentless. Like Papa.