“Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments, because a constant hold, by the nation, of the strings of the public purse is a salutary restraint from which an honest government ought not wish, nor a corrupt one to be permitted, to be free.”

Thomas Jefferson

~ Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President

Anonymous 6/22/11

jim k, Austin, Tx 6/22/11

Naturally everyone knows that our government is open and honest and has only our best interests at heart. And it don't snow in Minneapolis......

Mike, Norwalk 6/22/11

great concept never developed.

Rusty, Where the buffalo roam, USA 6/22/11

Coop, Mannington,NJ 6/22/11

This is why he didn't favor an income tax.