[ancient_geezer]

One to add under Taxes:

It is fairer to tax people on what they extract from the economy, as roughly measured by their consumption, than to tax them on what they produce for the economy, as roughly measured by their income. - Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan. 1651

[PsyOp]

Thanks for the quote. I've added it to my data base.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

It is fairer to tax people on what they extract from the economy, as roughly measured by their consumption, than to tax them on what they produce for the economy, as roughly measured by their income. - Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan. 1651

Sounds like he was making the case for a national sales tax or more of a flat tax. Somebody get Steve Forbes over here...