167 Quotes About Taxation

"The old liberal rebelled against taxation without responsibility, the new liberal wants the taxation as a handout without responsibility."

"the regional governments can't raise taxes. The source of revenue would simply leave for another region. In fact, the effect of decentralization without guaranteed funding and national or multinational standards is a competition between regions for the lowest possible tax rates.(III - From Corporatism to Democracy)"

"Free education, almost free healthcare, a generous benefits system and a better state pension than elsewhere, guarantee equal opportunities for all citizens. The only problem is that all these require a considerable amount of public revenue. This is why the common assertion that to be born in Finland is like winning the jackpot in the lottery is only applicable when you are at the receiving end. A far more common experience is that you need to win the lottery just to cover the tax bill."

"Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven't been taxed before."

"Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed."

"Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old."

"No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil"

"Taxation is nothing but organized robbery, and there the subject should be dropped."

"Taxes are indeed very heavy - We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness. Three times as much by our Pride. And four times as much by our Folly."