President’s Day – Guess The Tax Quote #2

ByKelly Phillips Erb February 18, 2008

Continuing my President’s Day fun, here’s your second presidential tax quote:

#2: Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

So who said it? Guesses?

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Christopher Ganiere says:

March 6, 2011 at 11:33 am

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