The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing

Quote by Jean Baptiste Colbert

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The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.

Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.

I dont know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere...

I dont know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere...

Tariff: a scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the...

Tariff: a scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the...

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the...

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the...

There's a lot of evidence you can sell people on tax increases if they think...

There's a lot of evidence you can sell people on tax increases if they think...

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer

He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer

Theres a lot of evidence you can sell people on tax increases if they think...

Theres a lot of evidence you can sell people on tax increases if they think...

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

As a rule of thumb, Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad...

As a rule of thumb, Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad...

The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has....

The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has....

Tax reform means, 'Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.'

Tax reform means, 'Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.'

After the government takes enough to balance the budget, the taxpayer has the job of...

After the government takes enough to balance the budget, the taxpayer has the job of...

The tax collector must love poor people - he's creating so many of them

The tax collector must love poor people - he's creating so many of them

The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.

The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.