Joe Scarborough: “throughout the long march of history, the story of civilization is replete with examples of how individuals have been…”

“throughout the long march of history, the story of civilization is replete with examples of how individuals have been burdened by an overbearing Government whose onerous tax systems have destroyed individuals, communities and, indeed, entire civilizations. Yet in the midst of such oppression, individuals have fought back to defend their right to keep a significant portion of what they earned by their own toil. We know about the peasants' revolts in the Middle Ages, where peasants revolted against a system that required them to give one-third of what they raised in the fields to their landlords. Of course all Americans know about the Boston Tea Party, where American revolutionaries said no taxation without representation. That led to a glorious American Revolution led by such men as Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, who talked about the power of the individual over the power of the State. Indeed, for the entire 20th century, this battle has continued. It has continued against those that believe in the free enterprise system and those that believe that the scourge of socialism should sweep across the world. It is a battle that America has been fighting and a battle that we thought we won. But unfortunately we turn around to find out, in 1997, that we may not have been as successful as we thought.”