"Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages."
Henry Louis Mencken"I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers. Go ahead-make my day."
Ronald Reagan"The taxpayer -- that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."
Ronald Reagan"When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income."
Plato"The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has."
Will Rogers"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
Benjamin Franklin"I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is -- I could be just as proud for half the money."
Arthur Godfrey"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"Someone must stand up to those who say, "Here's the key, there's the Treasury, just take as many of those hard-earned tax dollars as you want."
Ronald Reagan"Most [tax revisions] didn't improve the system, they made it more like Washington itself: complicated, unfair, cluttered with gobbledygook and loopholes designed for those with the power and influence to hire high-priced legal and tax advisers."
Ronald Reagan

