From Tom Purcell, a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist.
“We 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
“They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.” – Al Capone
“I don’t know if I can live on my income or not – the government won’t let me try it.” – Bob Thaves
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“The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” – Albert Einstein
“Today, it takes more brains and effort to make out the income-tax form than it does to make the income.” – Alfred E. Neuman
“A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right.” – Anonymous
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“You don’t pay taxes. They take taxes.” – Chris Rock
“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.” – Calvin Coolidge
“It’s income tax time again, Americans: time to gather up those receipts, get out those tax forms, sharpen up that pencil, and stab yourself in the aorta.” – Dave Barry
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“America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.” – Laurence J. Peter
“What the government gives it must first take away.” – John S. Coleman
“There’s nothing wrong with the younger generation that becoming taxpayers won’t cure.” – Dan Bennett
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A tax loophole “is something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform.” – Russell B. Long
“I am proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is – I could be just as proud for half the money.” – Arthur Godfrey
“Taxation with representation ain’t so hot, either.” – Gerald Barzan
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“People who complain about taxes can be divided into two classes: men and women.” – Unknown
“Income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf.” – Will Rogers
“Where there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.” – Plato