Silent Cal - Calvin Coolidge Inaugural Address
This is how you do it -- from
Calvin Coolidge's Inaugural Address:
The collection of any taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to the public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them. The only constitutional tax is the tax which ministers to public necessity. The property of the country belongs to the people of the country. Their title is absolute. They do not support any privileged class; they do not need to maintain great military forces; they ought not to be burdened with a great array of public employees. They are not required to make any contribution to Government expenditures except that which they voluntarily assess upon themselves through the action of their own representatives.
When did we so lose our way -- read
the whole thing.
Posted by DaveH at December 28, 2011 11:57 AM