{"id":4194,"date":"2009-06-04T02:12:01","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T20:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3407"},"modified":"2009-06-04T02:12:01","modified_gmt":"2009-06-03T20:42:01","slug":"where-your-taxes-go-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/where-your-taxes-go-38\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Your Taxes Go: 38"},"content":{"rendered":"

On gold rings<\/a> for all children born in city corporation hospitals in Chennai and given Tamil names. This is a move by the Tamil Nadu government to “commemorate the 86th birthday celebrations of chief minister M Karunanidhi,” who has been “working to promote Tamil language for more than 70 years.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, it seems that since last September, 11000 newborns have been given “dresses, baby soap and baby powder.” <\/p>\n

No doubt you are outraged at this use of your taxes. Perhaps you are thinking, Hell, if someone wants to promote Tamil or give baby powder to newborns, let him do so with his own money. Why mine?<\/i><\/p>\n

I urge you to stop protesting. This is all for the good of society. And I further propose, inspired by the legendary altruist Jonathan Swift<\/a>, that we take a step further and use these newborns to end all starvation deaths in India. How so? Well, to quote Swift<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In an Indian context, you could have Tandoori Toddler, Baby Biriyani or Kadai Kiddo with naan. To promote Tamil culture, you could also have Infant Idlis. Boom, no more starvation deaths in India.<\/p>\n

Yes, that’s disgusting. No, I’m not serious. But the Tamil Nadu government is, and the cup of the absurd runneth over.<\/p>\n

(Link via email from Shyam. More on taxes<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On gold rings<\/a> for all children born in city corporation hospitals in Chennai and given Tamil names. This is a move by the Tamil Nadu government to “commemorate the 86th birthday celebrations of chief minister M Karunanidhi,” who has been “working to promote Tamil language for more than 70 years.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, it seems that since last September, 11000 newborns have been given “dresses, baby soap and baby powder.” <\/p>\n

No doubt you are outraged at this use of your taxes. Perhaps you are thinking, Hell, if someone wants to promote Tamil or give baby powder to newborns, let him do so with his own money. Why mine?<\/i><\/p>\n

I urge you to stop protesting. This is all for the good of society. And I further propose, inspired by the legendary altruist Jonathan Swift<\/a>, that we take a step further and use these newborns to end all starvation deaths in India. How so? Well, to quote Swift<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In an Indian context, you could have Tandoori Toddler, Baby Biriyani or Kadai Kiddo with naan. To promote Tamil culture, you could also have Infant Idlis. Boom, no more starvation deaths in India.<\/p>\n

Yes, that’s disgusting. No, I’m not serious. But the Tamil Nadu government is, and the cup of the absurd runneth over.<\/p>\n

(Link via email from Shyam. More on taxes<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,15,24,4,28,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhere Your Taxes Go: 38 - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/where-your-taxes-go-38\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Where Your Taxes Go: 38 - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On gold rings for all children born in city corporation hospitals in Chennai and given Tamil names. 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