For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.

In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

Any tax over 12-14% -- regardless of the base -- will corrupt enough taxpayers to render the system unfair to read more

Any tax over 12-14% -- regardless of the base -- will corrupt enough taxpayers to render the system unfair to all. So, beware of single-tax proposals. The U.S. government blows more money than any single tax can generate. The key is to tax multiple bases, disparate in nature, and with simple flat rates. That is a system both fair and sustatinable.

The best way to relieve families from time to time is to let them keep some of their own money.

The best way to relieve families from time to time is to let them keep some of their own money.

The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.

The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.

I wouldn't mind paying taxes -- if I knew they were going to a friendly country.

I wouldn't mind paying taxes -- if I knew they were going to a friendly country.

There is no such thing as a good tax.

There is no such thing as a good tax.

Death and taxes are inevitable.

Death and taxes are inevitable.