Marx and Engels openly declared that the progressive income tax and the death tax are 'economically untenable' and that they advocated them only because 'they necessitate further inroads' upon the capitalist system and are 'unavoidable' as a means of bringing about socialism.
Ludwig von MisesThe issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution.
Ludwig von MisesWithout speculation there can be no economic activity reaching beyond the immediate present.
Ludwig von Mises