"If the major opportunities for future growth of government lie in the
area of conventional taxation, are there any defenses available to the
citizenry? ... Perhaps the most fruitful advice comes in two parts. The
first piece of advice is to avoid war and the rumor of war: this is
history greatest boon to the tax man. ... The second piece of advice is
to seek ways of inhibiting government's ability conveniently to increase
its collections. Possibly the very increase in that ability that is in
prospect can be turned to account by a constitutional provision which
forbade the income tax, and perhaps even the storage of information
regarding individual incomes by third parties, including government."
-- Benjamin Ward, "Taxes and the Size of Government," American Economic
Review, Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 72, No. 2 (May 1982), p. 350.