To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.
Category: taxation
Perpetual debt
We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.
We must make our election between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude.
Residues of centralized bureaucracy
Extreme taxation, excessive controls, oppressive government competition with business, frustrated minorities and forgotten Americans are not the products of free enterprise. They are the residue of centralized bureaucracy, of government by a self-anointed elite.
The sin of subsidies
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
The problem with socialism
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.
Taxation vs. taxidermy
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
Government’s view of the economy
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.
Robbing through taxes
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
Taxation for prosperity
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.