Quote from James Smith 

"It is a general maxim that all governments find a use for as much money as they can raise. Indeed, they have commonly demands for more...I take this as a settled truth, that they will all spend as much as their revenue; that is, will live up to their income."

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Massachusetts, during the debates to ratify the U.S. Constitution
 
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