You could not possibly maintain the current level of government taxation without the taxes being hidden, and they are hidden in two very different ways. They are hidden through withholding, but they are also hidden by being imposed on business, supposedly on business, when really, of course, business can't pay taxes, only people can pay taxes.
Milton FriedmanWhy is it that private insurance companies are not in trouble because people are getting older? Aren't they subject to the same demographics? The difference is that they've accumulated a fund, not a pay-in, pay-out system.
Milton FriedmanOne of the reasons that I am in favor of less government is because when you have more government, industrialists take it over.
Milton FriedmanEverywhere, and at all times, economic progress has meant far more to the poor than to the rich.
Milton Friedman