History reveals that no society has long survived a tax burden that reached one-third of the people's earnings. Looking back on the fallen empires of the past, one sees the first warning signs appear. As the burden grows heavier, there is a growing lack of respect for government and the law.
Fraud becomes widespread and crime increases.
This is a society where everyone can rise as high and as far as his own ability will take him. There is nothing wrong with America that Americans can't fix. America is too great for small dreams. Government is like a big baby-an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. Where else but in Washington D.C. would they call the department in charge of everything outdoors, the Department of the Interior.