Title: The Price Of Progress
Series: Chronicle
Writer: P E Leody
SYNOPIS: AS MAN STARTS TO TRAVEL TAXES BEGIN TO RISE UNTIL A MECHANISM IS FOUND THAT CAN NOT BE TAXED
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Caption: IF YOU STEAM A PIECE OF ASH FOR A FEW HOURS, YOU CAN THEN, WITH ENOUGH ATTITUDE BEND IT INTO A CIRCLE
Caption: THIS HAS BEEN KNOWN FROM EARLIEST TIMES BUT FINDING A USE FOR IT TOOK SOME TIME
Caption: SUDDENLY YOU HAD A WAY OF TRANSPORTING YOUR EXCESS IN ORDER TO TURN A TIDY PROFIT
Caption: THIS NEEDED AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO BECOME VIABLE
Caption: AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO MAKE IT WORK- TAXES
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Caption: MAN HAS ALWAYS DREAMED OF FLYING, THE ANIMALS MAKE IT LOOK EFFORTLESS AND EASY
Caption: TURNS OUT MAN IS EMPOWERED JUST ENOUGH TO STAY CLOSE TO MOTHER EARTH
Caption: BUT CHUCK ENOUGH POWER AT IT AND ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. MODERN FLIGHT IN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SHEER FACT YOU'RE GOING VERY FAST FORWARD
Caption: THEN LIKE THEIR FEATHERED COUNTERPARTS MAN EITHER HEADS SOUTH FOR THE WINTER OR HIBERNATES
Caption: BY HAVING A FEW LARGE AIRPORTS IT MAKES THE COLLECTING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
Caption: TO WIT THE TAKE OFF TAX, THE LANDING TAX, THE FUEL TAX, THE IMMIGRATION TAX, VALUE ADDED ETC
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Caption: THE MASSIVE CONFLICT IN THE 20TH CENTURY BROUGHT A NEW FORM OF TRANSPORT TO THE FORE
Caption: GREAT STRIDES WERE MADE FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS
Caption: THEN THEY WERE LOOKED UP TO A AS RAIN OF EVIL
Caption: BUT IT'S DEVELOPERS WERE SOON WORKING FOR THE MORE DOMESTIC MARKET
Caption: AND INTO SPACE, WHERE AT FIRST WE CAME AND WE SAW
Caption: AND EVENTUALLY, AS EVER, CONQUERED
Caption: FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER MAN COULD TRAVEL TO SOMEWHERE FUNDED BY TAXES RATHER THAN HAVING TO PAY THEM
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Caption: THEN AN ECCENTRIC CHOCOLATE RECLUSE INVENTED PARTICLE BEAM TRANSPORTATION
Caption: AND THE PORTHOLES APPEARED IN EVERY HOME
Caption: OVERNIGHT TRAVEL WAS UNREGULATED, FREE AND EASY
Caption: YOU COULD BE AT YOUR LOVERS SIDE WITHIN SECONDS
Caption: PICK YOUR OWN GROCERIES FROM AUTHENTIC GROWERS
Caption: TAKE YOUR SCREEN BREAK AT WORK ON THE BEACH IN THE SUNNIEST CLIMATE
Caption: POP INTO ALL THE SPORTING EVENTS AT ONCE, WITHOUT EVER PAYING ADMISSION
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Caption: TRANSPORT WAS INVENTED TO ENRICH OUR LIVES BUT ENDED UP ENRICHING THE GOVERNMENT'S COFFERS
Caption: IT GOT TO THE STAGE WHERE IT COST YOU IF YOU WENT TOO FAST, IF YOU STOPPED SOMEWHERE YOU SHOULDN'T AND EVEN COST YOU TO BE TRAVELLING ANYWHERE
Caption: THE GREEKS THOUGHT FLYING WAS THE END OF THIS REVENUE SO THEY PUT THE ICARUS TALE AROUND TO DISCOURAGE PLANS OF FLIGHT
Caption: WE HAD TO GO ONE FURTHER TO PROTECT REVENUE BY ADDING RANDOM MESHES ON EXIT PORTHOLES. HENCE BECKET'S (SAM) DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS LIKE BEING 'SWISS CHEESE'
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