1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
We need to make sure that people can save all the money they spend on medical care by getting it back from… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Could America exist without an income tax? The idea seems radical, yet in truth America did just fine without a federal income… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Government spending is always a “tax” burden on the American people and is never equally or fairly distributed. The poor and low-middle… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Mr. Speaker, I once again find myself compelled to vote against the annual budget resolution for a very simple reason: it makes… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
By the way, when I say cut taxes, I don't mean fiddle with the code. I mean abolish the income tax and… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
What we need to do is not only live within our means, but start paying down the deficit, and offer an opportunity… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Nothing good can come from the Federal Reserve. It is the biggest taxer of them all. Diluting the value of the dollar… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers realized that "the power to tax is the power to destroy," which is why they did not give the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes,… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
American voters should understand that Congress will always find a way to spend every last dollar sent to Washington. Remember, politicians get… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The greatest threat facing America today is the disastrous fiscal policies of our own government, marked by shameless deficit spending and Federal… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, it probably is not “necessary” for the federal government to tax anyone directly; it could simply print the money it… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The theory of the IRS is rather repugnant to me because the assumption is made that I, the government, owns 100% of… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The most sinister of all taxes is the inflation tax and it is the most regressive. It hits the poor and the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
We need to understand the more government spends, the more freedom is lost...Instead of simply debating spending levels, we ought to be… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“People tolerate taxes for a while because they have previously accumulated wealth. As the tax burden grows and productivity falls, tax revenue… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
If we stuck to the Constitution as written, we would have: no federal meddling in our schools; no Federal Reserve; no U.S.… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Income taxes are responsible for the transformation of the Federal government from one of limited powers into a vast leviathan whose tentacles… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Though I don't personally believe that Bitcoin is true money, it should be perfectly legal, and there should be no restrictions on… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Washington bureaucrats have classified the very air we exhale as a pollutant and have gone unchallenged in this incredible assertion. The logical consequence is… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
History has shown that the masses have been quite receptive to the promises of authoritarians which are rarely if ever fulfilled, — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The reality is that our military presence on foreign soil is as offensive to the people that live there as armed Chinese troops would… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Expect the rapidly expanding homeschooling movement to play a significant role in the revolutionary reforms needed to build a free society with Constitutional protections. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“Intellectually and compassionately explaining the reason freedom works is required for credibility.” — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Governments have nothing. They can't create anything, they never have. All they can do is steal from one group and give it to another… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Why is it is claimed that if people won't or can't take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
