#tax

The power to tax is the power to destroy. ↗

— John Marshall

#taxes #taxing #economy

They're so broke that they've actually cut essential services. In many places, they've cut policemen, because, who the fuck needs them? Or firemen, son of a bitch, it's much more fun watching something burn down. ↗

— Lewis Black

#budget #comedy #economy #fire #police

No nation has ever taxed itself into prosperity. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#government #prosperity #taxes #taxing #economy

There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#pay #taxes #tyranny #moon

We 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

#nationalism

More freedom means more jobs... less government and less taxes. ↗

— Todd Akin

#freedom means #government #jobs #less #means

I had to quit my taxi cab driving job because I had no way to get to work. The problem was I kept calling myself to come pick me up. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#humor #job #taxi #work #funny

The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities. ↗

— Adam Smith

#taxes #wealth #nature

The tax code can be used to eliminate the toll booths on the information superhighway. ↗

— Jerry Weller

#code #eliminate #information #tax #tax code

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#demands #fate #gifts #heavy #itself