Taxes without Death

"Our party has been accused of fooling the public by calling tax increases 'revenue enhancement'. Not so. No one was fooled."
-- J. Danforth Quayle V.P.

The more you earn, the less you keep,
And now I lay me down to sleep.
I pray the Lord my soul to take,
If the tax collector hasn't got it before I wake.
-- Ogden Nash


" The number of words dealing with income taxes in the Internal Revenue Code and IRS regulations rose nearly tenfold between 1955 and 2005, from 718,000 to more than 7 million How is a mugger different from the Internal Revenue Service? Both take your money, but the mugger doesn't make you fill out forms."
--Jacob Sullum in Reason

"More than ever before, Americans are suffering from back problems: back taxes, back rent, back auto payments."
-- Robert Orben

"Taxation with representation ain't so hot either."
-- Gerald Barzan, humorist

"You must pay taxes. But there's no law that says you gotta leave a tip."
-- Advertisement


"The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling."
-- Comedian


"A fool and his money are soon parted. It takes creative tax laws for the rest."
-- C Bob Thaves


"Worried about an IRS audit? Avoid what's called a red flag. That's something the IRS always looks for. For example, say you have some money left in your bank account after paying taxes. That's a red flag."
-- Jay Leno

"If you are truly serious about preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract - teach him to deduct."
-- Fran Lebowitz


" In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other."
-- Voltaire