There is no such thing as a good tax.

There is no such thing as a good tax.

The tax collector must love poor people--he's creating so many of them.

The tax collector must love poor people--he's creating so many of them.

Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.

Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.

Death and taxes are inevitable.

Death and taxes are inevitable.

Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves from the overtaxed.

Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves from the overtaxed.

Taxes are the sinews of the state.

Taxes are the sinews of the state.

The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.

The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.

Any tax over 12-14% -- regardless of the base -- will corrupt enough taxpayers to render the system unfair to read more

Any tax over 12-14% -- regardless of the base -- will corrupt enough taxpayers to render the system unfair to all. So, beware of single-tax proposals. The U.S. government blows more money than any single tax can generate. The key is to tax multiple bases, disparate in nature, and with simple flat rates. That is a system both fair and sustatinable.

With various people complaining about "price gouging... economist Walter Williams has coined a new term: "Tax gouging." But government is read more

With various people complaining about "price gouging... economist Walter Williams has coined a new term: "Tax gouging." But government is never accused of either "greed" or "gouging" — not even when they bulldoze people's homes in order to turn the land over to businesses that will pay more taxes.