No government can exist without taxation. The money must necessarily be levied on the people; and the grand art consists of levying so as not to oppress.
The foundations demand that public schools and teachers be held accountable for performance, but they themselves are accountable to no one. If their plans fail, no sanctions are levied against them. They are bastions of unaccountability.
For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
The revenue of the country, levied almost insensibly to the taxpayer, goes on from year to year, increasing beyond either the interests or the prospective wants of the Government.
pg 9, "The consciousness of life's unconsciousness is the oldest tax levied on the intelligence.