“Is this the right thread for these maxims?”
Sounds good to me Dura. I’ve never believed in investing in anything save land. We may have to bury the tax man, though—or maybe even dig him up.
I’m reminded of a story from Granville Co. NC just before the Revolution. The tax man for Lord Granville was such an overzellous stinker demanding such onnerous tax rates that someone finally had enough of him and offed him. At length, some of the citizenry including some of my ancestors, dug him up just to reassure themselves that he was truly dead. This is a story that should be required reading for all politicians.
While there actually is a Granville County in North Carolina, you're somewhat in error. Lord Granville was Proprietor of the Granville District, which covered many counties. There was a lot of what you describe going around NC in the decade prior to the Revolution. Look up the Regulator War for more information. Quite a few former Regulators ended up in Texas.