Taxpayer: Work for Federal Government Without Civil Service Exam

"The taxpayer: that's someone who works for the federal government, but doesn't have to take a civil service examination" -- Ronald Reagan #Quote

Government Always Finds a Need For Money it Gets

"Government does not tax to get the money it needs; government always finds a need for the money it gets" -- Ronald Reagan

Tax Policy Engineered to Achieve Social Change: Reagan

"We need true tax reform that will at least make a start toward restoring for our children the American Dream that wealth is denied to no one, that each individual has the right to fly as high as his strength and ability will take him. . . . But we cannot have such reform while our tax policy is engineered by people who view the tax as a means of achieving changes in our social structure" -- Ronald Reagan

If it moves, tax it: if it stops moving, subsidize it

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it" -- Ronald Reagan

Poverty a Career for Well Paid People: Ronald Reagan

"Poverty is a career for lot's of well paid people" -- Ronald Reagan