"Taxes on consumption, like those on capital or income, to be just, must be uniform." --Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Smith, 1823. "Excessive taxation... will carry reason and reflection to every man's door, and particularly in the hour of election." --Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, 1798. Of course, your quote above has a curious little statement "...and its surplus....not accumulating more debt to "stimulate" jobs with "shovel ready (Oh did I say that out loud!)". Jefferson believed in retiring the public debt and using the surplus to pay for stuff - we do just the opposite - and the "wealthy" (whatever that is?) will never be taxed enough to satisfy the "blob" called reckless and unchecked indebtedness and spending! Return to fiscal "sanity" just like you do at home! We should DEMAND that our public officials (or elect new ones) live within their means just like the rest of us!