Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all.
Thomas SowellFairness' is one of the great mantras of the left. Since everyone has his own definition of fairness, that word is a blank check for the expansion of government power. What fairness means in practice is that third parties -- busybodies -- can prevent mutual accommodations by others.
Thomas SowellWhy the transfer of decisions from those with personal experience and a stake in the outcome to those with neither can be expected to lead to better decisions is a question seldom asked, much less answered.
Thomas SowellThere is no talent so ardently supported, nor generously rewarded, as the ability to convince parasites they are victims.
Thomas Sowell