September 9, 2025

The art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other.

Voltaire [François-Marie Arouet] (1694–1778), French writer, philosopher, Dictionnaire philosophique (1764) “Money”, Jay p.376

Doesn’t that remind you of Robin Hood—a childhood hero of many?

One hopes the former group is willing and the latter grateful, but that is perhaps expecting too much.