“On the whole it may be observed, that the specific use of a body of unproductive consumers, is to give encouragement to wealth by maintaining such a balance between produce and consumption as will give the greatest exchangeable value to the results of the national industry.” GivingMayWholeUseBodyValuesWealthResultsProduceIndustryBalanceEncouragementConsumersConsumptionMaintainingUnproductive Book:The Works of Thomas Robert Malthus: Principles of political economy. Part 2 Source: The Works of Thomas Robert Malthus: Principles of political economy. Part 2
“The employment of the poor in roads and public works, and a tendency among landlords and persons of property to build, to improve and beautify their grounds, and to employ workmen and menial servants, are the means most within our power and most directly calculated to remedy the evils arising from that disturbance in the balance of produce and consumption.” MeanPersonsEvilPoorProduceBalancePropertyTendenciesEmploymentServantRemedyConsumptionDisturbanceWorkmenLandlord Author:Thomas Malthus
“Balance the federal budget now, not 15 years from now, not 20 years from now, but now. And throw out the entire federal tax system, replace it with a fair tax, a consumption tax, that by all measurements is just that. It's fair.” YearsBalanceTaxesFairsBudgetsConsumptionMeasurementTax SystemFederal Taxes Author:Gary Johnson