“Where is the politician who has not promised his constituents a fight to the death for lower taxes—and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible? There are some the shoe does not fit, but I am afraid not many. Talk of tax reduction has thus come to have a hollow ring.” - Barry Goldwater, The Conscience Of A Conservative, 1960.
“As connected with the subject of revenue, we may with propriety consider that of economy. The money saved from one object, may be usefully applied to another; and there will be so much the les to be drawn from the pockets of the people.” - Alexander Hamilton, “Union With a View to Economy,” c. 1782.