“there is no such thing as a good tax”

“... economists recognize that, other things equal, cuts in tax rates reduce tax revenues in percentage terms by less than the tax-rate reductions. Similarly, tax-rate increases do not raise tax revenues by as much in percentage terms as the tax-rate increases. This is true because changes in marginal tax rates alter taxpayer behavior and thus affect taxable income.”

“I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class.”

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

“What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else.”

“There are only two things worse then an empty canvas: death and taxes.”