“England was killed by an idea: the idea that the weak, indolent and profligate must be supported by the strong, industrious, and frugal – to the degree that tax-consumers will have a living standard comparable to that of taxpayers; the idea that government exists for the purpose of plundering those who work to give the product of their labor to those who do not work. The economic and social cannibalism produced by this communist-socialist idea will destroy any society which adopts it and clings to it as a basic principle – ANY society.” GivingIdeasGovernmentPurposeStrongSocialPrinciplesEconomicProductsTaxesDegreesStandardsLaborWeakEnglandConsumersCommunistSocialistTaxpayersIndustriousBasic PrinciplesCannibalismFrugal Author:Dan Smoot
“During the socialist period, the government became too big. That created a crowding-out effect in the private economy, and it gave everybody the need to pay more taxes in order to finance this big government. We are against big government. We want a smaller and more efficient government.” WantNeedsBigsGovernmentOrderPayEconomyEffectsPeriodsTaxesFinanceEfficientSocialistBig Government Author:Antonis Samaras
“People call me a socialist sometimes. But, no, you gotta meet real socialists. You'll have a sense of what a socialist is.” PeopleRealSometimesRealityPoliticalPoliticsMoneyPartyDemocracyComedyWallTaxesSocialismIdeologyCall MeFree SpeechSocialistPolitical PartiesFree Market Author:Barack Obama
“[The healthcare bill is a] headlong rush into socialism....we will not stand for the Obama-Pelosi-Reid hijacking of our freedom and democracy so they can impose their socialist 'utopia' of higher taxes, restricted access, inferior quality, and deadly inefficiency on the best health care system in the world....You and the RNC are all that stand between the Democrats' scheme to take more of your hard-earned income to pay for this unsustainable, freedom destroying entitlement and an opportunity to work for real, truly bipartisan step-by-step solutions.” WorldRealHardCareOpportunityPayQualityStepsDemocracyHigherTaxesSolutionsBillsDemocratAccessIncomeSocialismHealth CareDestroyingHealthcareSchemesSocialistInferiorsUtopiaEntitlementBipartisanInefficiencyHealth Care SystemHijacking Author:Michael Steele
“We will shortly become like Germany, France, the United Kingdom, or Sweden - a socialist democracy in which the government dominates the economy, determines private-sector priorities and offers a vastly expanded range of services to many more people at much higher taxes.” PeopleGovernmentUnitedEconomyDemocracyHigherOffersTaxesDeterminePrioritiesKingdomsFranceRangeGermanySocialistPrivate SectorSwedenUnited Kingdom Author:Dick Morris
“The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed.” YearsGovernmentCenturyTaxesYears AgoClaimsExperimentsIncomeSocialistTwentieth CenturyIncome TaxTariffs Author:Alan Keyes