My wife and I pay state income taxes; last year the bill was $10,000.

"I'm sure your wife will pay the ransom, and then you can go home."

I said there was some mistake, that my wife had paid him.

He and his wife now pay rent of $8.50 a month.

Of course, the rich wife could have paid it.

By the way my wife paid $3.50 for regular yesterday so it appears that I was in fact, correct.

His wife dutifully stood up beside him, but no one else paid any attention.

My wife and I, long retired, pay about $6,000 in school taxes.

So, he said, if a wife pays $300,000 to buy out her husband's share of a $600,000 home, the husband gets the money tax free.

Meanwhile my wife was paying 6.5% and looks set to pay even more.