Tax-ing Quotes
If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving,
subsidize it.
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress... But then
I repeat myself. - Mark Twain
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man
standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. -
Winston
Churchill
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of
Paul. - George Bernard Shaw
A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man which debt he
proposes to pay off with your money. - G. Gordon Liddy
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to
have for dinner. - James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich
countries to rich people in poor countries. - Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill
Clinton at Georgetown
University
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to
teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at
the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If
it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving,
subsidize it. - Ronald Reagan (1986)
I don't make joe-ks. I just watch the government and report the facts. -
Will
Rogers
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when
it's free! - P.J. O'Rourke
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible
from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire (1764)
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't
take an interest in you! - Pericles (430 B.C.)
No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
- Mark Twain (1866)
Talk is cheap... except when Congress does it. - Unknown
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one
end and no responsibility at the other. - Ronald Reagan
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The
inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. -
Winston
Churchill
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist
leaves the skin. - Mark Twain
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the
world with fools. - Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
There is no distinctly Native American criminal class... save Congress. -
Mark
Twain
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -
Edward Langley,
Artist (1928 - 1995)
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to
take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson