
“We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.”
Quoted in New York Times (July 12, 1989)
Quoted in Newsweek magazine, p. 11 (July 24, 1989)
Source: Fugitive Essays: Selected Writings of Frank Chodorov (1980), p. 276
“We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.”
Quoted in New York Times (July 12, 1989)
Quoted in Newsweek magazine, p. 11 (July 24, 1989)
Statement on Taxes
YouTube
2011-08-23
http://youtu.be/227YyBf7-KQ
2012-02-24
2011
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (1950), Part V: Merrie England, George III
This isn't some giveaway to people who are on welfare. This is giving help to people who are working hard every day.
Remarks at a a rally in Lake Worth, Florida (21 October 2008) http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/10/21/20081021_wrap.mp3
2008
“Women are the tax we pay on pleasure”
"Las mujeres son el impuesto que pagamos por el placer."
Una muñeca rusa, 1991.
Statement at FOX News Debate
YouTube
2011-05-05
http://youtu.be/QRPrZxHUqsA
2012-02-24
Economic Policy
Twitter tweet (25 July 2011), as quoted in David Atkins at Hullabaloo (26 July 2011) http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2011/07/26/rick-warren-what-were-you-thinking/
“Life in the Oink Sector,” http://www.ilanamercer.com/phprunner/public_article_list_view.php?editid1=516 WorldNetDaily.com, September 25, 2009.
2000s, 2009
“What a bloody jungle income tax is! It's a wonder we don't all go on strike and refuse to pay.”
The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 5: Harry
“Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.”
Reportedly first said by Holmes in a speech in 1904, alternately phrased as "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, including the chance to insure", Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue, 275 U.S. 87, 100, dissenting; opinion (21 November 1927). The first variation is quoted by the IRS above the entrance to their headquarters at 1111 Constitution Avenue.
1900s