A thought just struck me. The phrase 'death and taxes' must have been coined by a wealthy or upper class individual (Daniel Defoe it turns out) If your well-of

A thought just struck me. The phrase 'death and taxes' must have been coined by a wealthy or upper class individual (Daniel Defoe it turns out) If your well-off these will be the only hardships you will certainly face. Defoes less well-off contemporaries would probably rate the inevitable struggles to attain adequate food, clothes and shelter as more relevant certainties.