The relative with all of the money, who believes that any tax is too high, no matter how reasonable. He employs legions of tax accountants to avoid paying any tax at all. A rich uncle is characterized by notorious stinginess and a Scrooge-like attitude toward the unemployed, the orphaned, the poor, and the elderly.
1. "Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?" said Uncle Scrooge, Fred's rich uncle.
2. "âThey are Manâs,â said the Spirit, looking down upon them. âAnd they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.â "Who am I," said Uncle Scrooge, "their rich uncle?"
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A subservient person who carries the water for his or her master.
Wisconsin Republican Senators are the bucket boys for the Koch brothers.
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