“The income tax is the biggest single intrusion suffered by the American people. It forces every worker to be a bookkeeper, to open his records to the government, to explain his expenses, to fear conviction for a harmless accounting error. Compliance wastes billions of dollars. It penalizes savings and creates an enormous drag on the U.S. economy. It is incompatible with a free society, and we aren’t libertarians if we tolerate it.”
![“[High income tax rates] not only check consumption but discourage investment and encourage...the avoidance of taxes [rather] than the production of goods.[...]Our present tax system...reduces the financial incentives for personal effort, investment, and risk-taking.” quote by John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d3c/john-f-kennedy-246_avoidance_high-income-tax-rates-not-only-check-con_1252162.jpg)
![“Our federal tax system is, in short, utterly impossible, utterly unjust and completely counterproductive . . . [It] reeks with injustice, and is fundamentally un-American” quote by Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/885/ronald-reagan-119_counterproductive_our-federal-tax-system-is-in-short-utter_2539885.jpg)
