The rates of taxation climb and the levels of capital decline, until the only remaining wealth beyond the reach of the regime is the very protein of human flesh, and that too is finally taxed, bound, and gagged, and brought to the colossal temple of the state - a final sacrifice of carnal revenue to feed the declining elite.

Wealth and Poverty: A New Edition for the Twenty-First Century (ed. Regnery Publishing, 2012) - ISBN: 9781596988095