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Calvin Coolidge

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

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Calvin Coolidge is saying that when the government takes more money from people through taxes than what is truly needed to run its functions, it is unfair and morally wrong. He compares this excessive taxation to stealing, but done under the cover of the law.

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