Modern Americans pay taxes that the American revolutionary patriots probably would have fought against. "Income tax: the fine you pay for not being quite the person your ancestor was" is…
"(Income) Taxes are the fine(s) one pays for the crime of being useful and productive" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Income tax is the fine you pay for the crime…
"Income Tax: The fine you pay for thriving too fast" was printed in an ad in The Daily Olympian (Olympia, WA) on March 3, 1961. Authorship of the saying is unknown. "Income tax is…
"(Income) Taxes are the fine(s) one pays for the crime of being useful and productive" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Income tax is the fine you pay for the crime…
"Incongruous" sounds like "in Congress," prompting the jocular definition: "Incongruous: Where bills are passed." The language pun has been cited in print since at…
"Indecision is the key to flexibiity" (less often given as "Flexibility is the key to indecision") has been featured on gift items such as T-shirts. The saying humorously…
The Simpson, an American animated sitcom, aired an episode on May 19, 1996 where Homer Simpson bought fireworks. The Valu-Mart clerk said: "The M-320: Celebrate the independence of your nation…
Government sometimes seeks to suspend personal freedoms and liberty "for the greater good." The saying "Freedom is the greater good" has been printed on many images.…
American author and critics William Dean Howells (1837-1920) wrote in 1894: "Without it (drink -- ed.), there would be far less poverty than there is, but poverty is a good old American…
"Inflation is theft. Taxation is robbery" (or "Taxation is robbery. Inflation is theft") i a popular political and economic saying. Taxation is robbery because government takes…
"Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got" is something that American politician, diplomat, and activist Andrew Young has said in several…
"Sick until proven healthy" has been used during the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and has been compared to "guilty until proven innocent" (the opposite of "innocent…
“Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result” is a famous saying, often incorrectly credited to German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955).…
"Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying became popular…
"Instead of conspiracy theorist, I prefer to be called a connect the dots specialist" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Instead of 'Conspiracy Theorist', I…
"INSTEAD OF 'UNVACCINATED' call yourself Organic. BEING NATURAL IS NORMAL. PHARMACOLOGICAL ALTERATION IS NOT" is a saying that has been printed on several images. The popular…
"Instead of conspiracy theorist, I prefer to be called a connect the dots specialist" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Instead of 'Conspiracy Theorist', I…
"Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The quotation is from Doug Larson…
Many governments want to track people's movements with digital ID. This was posted on X/Twitter by James Melville 🚜 on November 15, 2022: "Instead of governments having digital ID on…
Many people --- mostly non-economists -- believe that the poor get richer simply by raising the minimum wage. The following meme (featuring the Philosoraptor) was posted on X/Twitter by Being…