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> [If Congress were to pass a 'flat' tax, you'd simply pay a fixed percentage of your income, and you wouldn't have to fill out any complicated forms, and there would be no loopholes for politically connected groups, and normal people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/if-congress-were-to-pass-a-flat-tax-you-d-simply-pay-a-fixed/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

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> [I am neither a free-trade man, willing to collect all the money we have to raise by direct tax upon the people, nor am I willing to lay a tax simply for protection when the Government does not need the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-e-brown/i-am-neither-a-free-trade-man-willing-to-collect-all-the-money-we/)

[Joseph E. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-e-brown/)

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