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What am I afraid of? The IRS. That's it. I don't want those people knockin' on my door, man.

My mother and I were on welfare and food stamps until I was 18, so I've always had this ethos of, like, 'try and make a little bit of money now because you don't know what's going to happen tomorrow.'

Taxpayers can go online and find out more about the way their government works than ever before.

I want to help people. That's it.

When politicians offer you something for nothing, or something that sounds too good to be true, it's always worth taking a careful second look.

In our social contract, we have provisions that see to it that you take care of people who need some help.

I think there are people watching me, and if ever I manage to save £1,000 there's someone saying, 'Oh, we'll invent a tax to take that off him.'

I've said we need to look at things from the perspective of working people and taxpayers, not from the perspective of government and government officials.

State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has insulated poverty from progress, and need from remedy.

Ever since I've been blessed with success, I've struggled a little with anonymity and even family. I've had people calling asking for money, and I have to ask them first, 'Are you working? Have you been trying to help yourself?' Then I feel like I can help.