New taxes should be a last resort, not an option

New taxes should be a last resort, not an option

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.

The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love.

The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love.

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.

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.

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.

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is quite as satisfying as an income tax refund.

Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is quite as satisfying as an income tax refund.

There is no such thing as a good tax.

There is no such thing as a good tax.