Infrequent Nights

They had been promoting this event at my school over the past month. Students were encouraged to write a speech or rap song about Taiwan's taxation system to present at an official show sponsored by the Taipei National Tax Administration.

You might wonder why the Taipei National Tax Administration would sponsor such an event and give away cash prizes to the contestants. It's simple really. It's because "no one would want to hear anything about tax policy if it was introduced by our own people but it it is more interesting when tax policy is described in Mandarin with exotic accents."

I can only imagine what the response would be if Revenue Canada funded a rap competition for people learning to speak English encouraging them to rap about the ins and outs of GST and income tax. I can't help but think the expense would be regarded as wasteful and inappropriate. But maybe Canadians would prefer to learn about tax policy by way of strangely accented English raps?

Yo Yo Yo Yo Yo
I live in Mexico
I come to Toronto
To learn the English pronto

I rap about the tax
don't you be so lax
you should pay your money
don't try to be so funny

If you no pay the cash
Revenue Canada have no bash
They don't have no big cash prizes
Give to crappy rap surprises

Don't blame me for the GST.
Peace out.