Finance Quote by Milton Friedman

Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.

— Milton Friedman

“Inflation is taxation without representation.”

— Milton Friedman

Inflation is a form of hidden taxation which it is almost impossible to measure.

— John J. Beckley

Inflation is a form of tax, a tax that we all collectively must pay.

— Henry Hazlitt

Inflation is not a benign element in the economy's operation. It is, as it has always been, the most dangerous and destructive form of…

— Robert Higgs

“Here we shall have to say simply that all government expenditures must eventually be paid out of the proceeds of taxation; that inflation itself…

— Henry Hazlitt

“The arithmetic makes it plain that inflation is afar more devastating tax than anything that has been enacted by our legislature. The inflation tax…

— Janet Lowe

There are basically two kinds of tax, the kind the masses can see, and the kind they can't. The inflation tax is of the…

— Michael Maloney

The advocates of public control cannot do without inflation. They need it in order to finance their policy of reckless spending and of lavishly…

— Ludwig von Mises

It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.

— Thomas Sowell

Inflation is like sin; every government denounces it and every government practices it.

— Frederick Leith-Ross

Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you --…

— John Wayne