Leeches are beneficial for certain medical conditions .
But in timesz past, leeches were the prescription for many many medical conditions, so much so that "leech" became a nick name for doctors.
When George Washington was on his deathbed , probly suffering from Strep throat and possibly also Pneumonia , bleeding was prescribed , tho the device used was a scarifier rather than a leech.
Leeches (Bleeding)were sometimes prescribed for anemia even.
That is what makes leeches and apt metaphore for taxes, that some experts beleive in them so much that they get prescribed even for conditions that they will worsten.
Leeches are also generally a tax on a persons system so I count them two ways apt.
Now and them tho, you do need a leech and nothing elese will do.
It is when you get them without that need that they are most like taxes.
