 | Taxation in 1776 Here's how our forefathers looked at issues like this in 1776 in the Declaration of Independence:
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance...
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Any government leader advocating increased bureaucracy and higher taxes is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Voters, take note! |