#taxation

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

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In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. And in spite of another principle recognized in this Republic, namely, that 'taxation without representation is tyranny,' she is taxed without being represented. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

#being #government #land #laws #namely

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation. ↗

— Milton Friedman

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No taxation without respiration. ↗

— Tom Feeney

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Besides, we had a large debt, contracted at home and abroad in our War of Independence; therefore the great power of taxation was conferred upon this Government. ↗

— Robert Toombs

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When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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I would vote against raising the national debt ceiling. Again, this is about mortgaging the future of unborn generations of Americans. It's a form of taxation without representation. I don't think we can do that. ↗

— Mike Lee

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Taxation without representation is tyranny. ↗

— James Otis

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