#366 - Chris Rock Quote

"You don't pay taxes - they take taxes."

-Chris Rock

#331 - Unknown Author Quote

"A person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it."

-Author Unknown

#178 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,

and meant what they said.
-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!"


"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."


"Man is not free unless government is limited."


"One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it."


"Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets."


"Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives."


"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."


"Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them."


"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."

-Ronald Reagan, former President 1981-1989

#171 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,
and meant what they said.
-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"Did you ever notice that when you put the words "The" and "IRS" together, it spells "THEIRS?"
-Author Unknown


"We have long had death and taxes as the two standards of inevitability. But there are those who believe that death is the preferable of the two. "At least," as one man said, "there's one advantage about death; it doesn't get worse every time Congress meets."
-Erwin N. Griswold


"Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today."
-Herman Wouk


"Capital punishment: The income tax."
-Jeff Hayes

#166 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,
and meant what they said.
-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn't be related."
- J.C. Watts, Jr.


"The best things in life are free, but sooner or later the government will find a way to tax them."
-Author Unknown


"If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep."
- Will Rogers

#160 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,

and meant what they said.

-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"The purpose of a tax cut is to leave more money where it belongs; in the hands of the working men and working women who earned it in the first place."
-Bob Dole

"Congress can raise taxes because it can persuade a sizable fraction of the populace that somebody else will pay."
-Milton Friedman

"Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages."
- H.L. Mencken

#155 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,
and meant what they said.
-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"I shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes."

-Mark Twain

#149 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,
and meant what they said.
-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discounting thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help the people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."
- Abraham Lincoln, former President 1861-65


"I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."
- Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of Great Britain


"Republicans believe that every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe that every day is April 15th."
- Ronald Reagan, former President 1981-89