taxation without representation

nounAmerican History.

a phrase, generally attributed to James Otis about 1761, that reflected the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament to which they elected no representatives and became an anti-British slogan before the American Revolution; in full, “Taxation without representation is tyranny.”

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In America, low turnout is the new black eye for a country founded on “no taxation without representation.”
Founding Fathers Loved Drunk Voters | Kevin Bleyer | November 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Taxes are an obvious benchmark, since right now, employed teenagers are literally subjected to taxation without representation.
Paying Taxes and Going to Jail Like Adults; Teens Deserve the Right to Vote, Too | Jillian Keenan | October 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
“taxation without representation” is on many license plates.
There’ are Gray Shadows in Tuesday’s DC Primary | Eleanor Clift | March 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The case is that Obamacare constitutes “taxation without representation.”
Impeaching Obama May Be Absurd, but That Won’t Stop the Right-Wing Fringe | Michael Tomasky | August 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
taxation without representation is true of your rotten boroughs as well as of your vast colonies.
Richard Carvel, Complete | Winston Churchill

"taxation without representation" was the cause of the war of the American Revolution, but that is another matter.
As A Chinaman Saw Us | Anonymous
This hullabaloo about no taxation without representation fills the ears of the ignorant.
Rodney, the Ranger | John V. Lane
The cry passed through the land: "No taxation without representation!"
The Story of American History | Albert F. Blaisdell
Militancy among the suffragists continued to flare up here and there in resistance to taxation without representation.
Susan B. Anthony | Alma Lutz

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