“If they'd lower the taxes and get rid of the smog and clean up the traffic mess, I really believe I'd settle here until the next earthquake”
Groucho Marx
“The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.”
Will Rogers
“In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.”
Benjamin Franklin
“There is no such thing as a good tax.”
Winston Churchill
“I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.”
Douglas Adams
“History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20% of the people's income, there begins to be a lack of respect for government. . . . When it reaches 25%, there comes an increase in lawlessness.”
Ronald Reagan
“Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth.”
