The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.

The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.

Never before have so many been taken for so much and left with so little.

Never before have so many been taken for so much and left with so little.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

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.

Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is quite as satisfying as an income tax refund.

Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is quite as satisfying as an income tax refund.

What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.

What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.

Taxes are the sinews of the state.

Taxes are the sinews of the state.