Who says, Here's the key, there's the Treasury, just take as many of those hard-earned tax dollars as you want

The current tax code is a daily mugging

We're vulnerable on that one, ... They've done quite a job on me as 'favoring the rich' in our tax policies.

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

"...I know it's hard when you're up to your armpits in alligators to remember you came here to drain the swamp. (February 10, 1982)

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.