I was reminded of a quote attributed to George McGovern (South Dakota) who, as we all know, was extremely liberal. (I couldn't find this quote online - perhaps someone else can help me out)
Anyway, the quote was something to the effect " . . .if I [McGovern] had known the effect some of the regulations and taxes had on small businesses, I might have re-thought some of them". He apparently left Congress to run a small business. The business eventually failed due, in part, to excessive taxes and regulation.
Again, I couldn't find the exact quote, but I'm pretty sure this is the gist of it.
The business he bought was a struggling hotel in Connecticut located on the Merritt Parkway.
I lived close to this hotel (name escapes me this very moment) and drove by it every day. It seemed to me to be the case of a hotel without "location, location, location".
Whatever, it promply went went belly up again and McGovern was found to have never paid such things as room taxes, sales taxes...etc. To the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars!
This is when he uttered the phrase that you have referenced.
IMHO, even with this experience under his belt, he would still support any kind of tax if it would be "for the greater good of people" as he is, and always be, a socialist.
Yes, McGovern had a motel for awhile, and got an education about the meaning of the laws he had been advocating in politics.But that's life; if it wasn't McGovern it would have been someone else, advocating foolish policies which subvert the right of the people to earn not only by the sweat of their brow but by frugality and diligent leadership (i.e., hiring and supervising others).