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.

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.

With various people complaining about "price gouging... economist Walter Williams has coined a new term: "Tax gouging." But government is read more

With various people complaining about "price gouging... economist Walter Williams has coined a new term: "Tax gouging." But government is never accused of either "greed" or "gouging" — not even when they bulldoze people's homes in order to turn the land over to businesses that will pay more taxes.

I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for read more

I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money.

The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.

The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.

Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves from the overtaxed.

Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves from the overtaxed.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.