“Tax reform is like a wet dog. You can't let go of it, but you can't hold on to it for long.”— James Jarrell 'J. J.' Pickle
“Charity is a cold, grey, loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.”— Clement Attlee
“There is no such thing as a free lunch. Somebody has to pay for it, and it's usually the taxpayer.”— James Jarrell 'J. J.' Pickle
“I think there are very few honest, patriotic people who think that our tax system is fair.”— Pete Stark
“The class="highlight">middle class is the backbone of our country. And when we have a tax system that is skewed against the class="highlight">middle class, that's wrong.”— Lloyd Bentsen
“It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now.”— James Truslow Adams
“The idea that you can tax your way to prosperity is one of the great fallacies of our time.”— Haley Barbour
“We’ve cut taxes for all North Carolinians — some by a little, some by a lot — and it has unleashed our state’s economic potential.”— Philip E. Berger