"I cannot undertake to lay my finger
on that article of the Constitution
which granted a right to Congress of expending,
on the objects of benevolence,
the money of their constituents."
-- James Madison
(1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President
Source: 1792, in disapproval of Congress appropriating $15,000 to assist some French refugees
"People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income."
-- Robert Half
"Every time you cut programs, you take away a person who has a vested interest in high taxes and you put him on the tax rolls and make him a taxpayer. A farmer on subsidies is part welfare bum, whereas a free-market farmer is a small businessman with a gun."
-- Grover Norquist
"In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin."
-- Austin O'Malley
"I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money."
-- Arthur Godfrey
"Taxation with representation ain't so hot either."
-- Gerald Barzan
Humorist
"The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets"
-- Will Rogers
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