#taxation

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#just #menaces #money #sophisticated #taxation

Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#imposed #inflation #legislation #taxation #without

Pah…commoners, traders." Ergus made a disparaging gesture. Traders with money, Ergus. Money they put at the disposition of young Tanahkos," Lmachdan said in a dry tone. "Money that turns into soldiers. Soldiers who are used to extort tribute from us. Tribute that is turned into more soldiers. The warlord has a good thing going, I'll say that for him. ↗

— Andrew Ashling

#greed #nobles #paying-taxes #power #rich-men

No taxation without respiration. ↗

— Tom Feeney

#taxation #without

Greece is an extreme case: a country where both the level of spending and the level of taxation were unsustainable! ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#case #country #extreme #greece #level

I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it. ↗

— Warren G. Harding

#book #could #found #go #i

It is the small owner who offers the only really profitable and reliable material for taxation. He is made for taxation. ↗

— Auberon Herbert

#material #offers #only #owner #profitable

Throughout his life, Ronald Reagan believed America is capable of great things and its people could and would lead the way if left unburdened by taxation and regulation. ↗

— William L. Jenkins

#believed #capable #could #great #great things

Besides, we had a large debt, contracted at home and abroad in our War of Independence; therefore the great power of taxation was conferred upon this Government. ↗

— Robert Toombs

#besides #conferred #contracted #debt #government

As clear as it is important, the death of Detroit is nonetheless a topic avoided. Generally the gradual disintegration of a major metropolis would garner a fair amount of attention, but the scant coverage is hardly surprising. After all, the culprits are not the popular ones. In most circles, condemning taxation, regulation, unionization, welfarism and protectionism is unfashionable. It is necessary to cast aside prevailing notions of political correctness and appreciate that the case of Detroit isn’t an isolated tragedy. ↗

— Dan Greenup

#political-correctness #protectionism #regulations #taxation #unions