It's funny, I read that as a retelling of John Steinbeck's "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" quote, not as a Randian Just So story. Being averse to paying tax isn't a desirable quality in a person.

"Being averse to paying tax isn't a desirable quality in a person."

I would say being totally cool with giving up 50% plus of your income for abysmal public services and infrastructure is just as ridiculous when a not insignificant portion of the population gets to pay effectively no income tax and enjoy the same public services...

I personally think being opposed to high rates of taxation is a desireable quality in a person but that was orthogonal to my hunch, which I was trying to present as neutrally as possible, with no value judgment. The parent comment is unnecessarily inflammatory.