John Stossel: “It’s not that taxes don’t anger me. They do. But I’m more angry about the arrogance of the ruling class. It reminds me of Walter Williams’ riff: “Politicians are worse than thieves. At least when thieves take your money, they don’t expect you to thank them for it.”

John Stossel is one of my favorite political pundits — he’s a smart Libertarian who just wants less government.

Taxes, even counting hidden taxes, are not the real measure of what the thieves take. The true burden of government, the late Milton Friedman said, is the spending level. Taxation is just one way government gets money. The other ways — borrowing and inflation — are equally burdens on the people. (State governments can’t inflate, but they sure can borrow.)

O’Reilly told me that America is ready for a tax revolt. I hope he’s right. But I don’t think it will happen until more people see the ruling elite for what it is: a gang of arrogant bullies that has the audacity to believe that they know how to direct our lives better than we do.

Count me in on the “ready for a tax revolt.”