Quote #22
The fallacy of the claim that the costs of government are borne by the rich cannot be too often exposed. No system has been devised, I do not think any system could be devised, under which any person living in this country could escape being affected by the cost of our government. It has a direct effect both upon the rate and the purchasing power of wages. It is felt in the price of those prime necessities of existence, food, clothing, fuel and shelter:the continuing costs of public administration can be met in only one way - by the work of the people. The higher they become, the more the people must work for the government. The less they are, the more the people can work for themselves.