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Because of the power that we have given money: The government would rather have taxpayers who do not vote, than voters who do not pay tax.

Because of the power that we have given money: The government would rather have taxpayers who do not vote, than voters who do not pay tax.
– Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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  1. There is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard’s vote. – David Foster Wallace
  2. Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. – John Quincy Adams
  3. A salary is a tax employers pay, every four weeks, for putting an employee’s dream on hold. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  4. In democracy, our most important tool is to vote. But our power tool is when we have the power to influence others on who to vote for. – Ben Tolosa
  5. Of course, freedom is not free. Taxpayers pay for it. – Zarina Bibi
  6. Tax is not a four-letter word; rather, it’s the price we pay for the country we want. – Alex Himelfarb
  7. We need to show the Congress that our Government is no longer on sale to the highest bidder. It belongs to the voters. – Kenneth Eade
  8. The good thing about democracy is that every vote counts. The problem with democracy is that every vote counts. – Charbel Tadros
  9. The moment you vote, you are a citizen. But moment you make your vote public, you are a politician. – Ben Tolosa
  10. To make people feel special you don’t have to pay money but rather pay attention. – Orrin Woodward
  11. If you do not achieve your God-given goals, it does not mean God has not given the power. It rather means you have taken His power for granted! – Israelmore Ayivor
  12. Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it’s not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago. – Will Rogers
  13. The mid-19th century was noted for a partisan, rather than a consensus press, but this partisanship was able to turn out voters consistently. – Harold Holzer
  14. The Democratic Party supports criminals and Islamic terrorists but has no sympathy for taxpayers. – Ann Coulter
  15. Price and Cost. Sometimes we pay more. Sometimes we pay less. You’ve got to determine what you are willing to pay for success. – Bobby F Kimbrough Jr
  16. [Credit is a system whereby] a person who can’t pay, gets another person who can’t pay, to guarantee that he can pay. – Charles ens
  17. You can’t tax business. Business doesn’t pay taxes. It collects taxes. – Ronald Reagan
  18. I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent. – Edith Sitwell
  19. I like Kindness it’s something the Government can’t tax and it’s free to give away that will return to you some day – Stanley Victor Paskavich
  20. Enforcement isn’t about big government or small government. It’s about whether government works and who it works for. – Elizabeth Warren
  21. Rich men use most of their money to get richer. Poor men use most of their money to look richer. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  22. Mr. Speaker, I once again find myself compelled to vote against the annual budget resolution for a very simple reason: it makes government bigger. – Ron Paul
  23. …they say if you don’t vote, you get the government you deserve, and if you do, you never get the results you expected. – EA Bucchianeri
  24. Money, money, money! I think about money morning, noon and night! I dare say it’s mercenary of me, but there it is – Agatha Christie
  25. Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude – not a punishment for making money. – Alain de Botton
  26. Power given up is power given away. – Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
  27. We’re all geniuses. Life is merely overpopulated with singers who play drums, and, drummers who sing, to pay rent. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  28. Science is trumped by ignorance when the ignorant are given a vote. – Chuck Wendig
  29. The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office. – Will Rogers
  30. The only people truly bound by campaign promises are the voters who believe them. – Christopher Hitchens
  31. Superficial and emotional subject might sway undecided voters. – Harold Holzer
  32. Members of Congress are like the voters in one respect — they want to go with the winners. – Ralph Nader
  33. It’s an election year. We would prefer that voters didn’t use common sense. – Aaron Sorkin
  34. Americans talked about voters the same way Russians talked about Stalin. They had to be obeyed. – Ken Follett
  35. You have immense power–power to overcome, power to achieve, power to possess, and power to prosper, making you incredibly irresistible. – Anitra SheltonQuinn
  36. Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. – Franklin P Adams
  37. Money has replaced the vote. – Chris Hedges
  38. Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want. – Anna Lapp
  39. Most people do not really want others to have freedom of speech, they just want others to be given the freedom to say want they want to hear. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
  40. Whenever they are given the choice, some people choose a bath over a shower; they, too, would like to do their bit to waste water. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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