claim: "ben franklin once quipped that only two things in life were certain: death and taxes. i think even he didn't envision that the tax man would visit on the day of your death."
author: jay hottinger
evidence_1: jan 21, 2011 ... "ben franklin once quipped that only two things in life were certain: death and  taxes. i think even he didn't envision that the tax man would visit on the day of  your death." ... arguably the greatest mind of the founding generation, he was a  printer, journalist, scientist, inventor, financial thinker, statesman, ...
evidence_2: dec 19, 2011 ... "ben franklin once quipped that only two things in life were certain: death ...  certain: death and taxes," hottinger said when republicans introduced a ... "i  think even he didn't envision that the tax man would visit on the day of ...
evidence_3: jan 11, 2011 ... eliminating the estate tax, however, stood out for its broad support among  republicans, gov. ... "ben franklin once quipped that only two things in life were  certain: ... "i think even he didn't envision that the tax man would visit on the day ...  referred to by some republicans as the "death tax," an estate tax of ...
evidence_4: "ben franklin once quipped that only two things in life were certain: death and  taxes. i think even he didn't envision that the tax man would visit on the day of ...
evidence_5: dec 15, 2015 ... few of us find taxes exciting, but death – even just thinking about it ... as  benjamin franklin once said, nothing is certain except death and ... the  interesting thing about them is that they are also produced by ... you may have  heard that our nails and hair keep growing – at least for a while – after we die.