The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Goldwater argues that high taxation drives people to illegal activities like tax evasion more than other laws do.
- In plain terms
- Heavy taxes create more lawbreakers than any other law.
- What can you take from it?
- High taxes can encourage illegal behavior.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does taxation create crime?
- How do laws affect behavior?
Another view
The claim is controversial and difficult to measure empirically.
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