“Roses are red. Violets are blue. Taxation is theft…” is a “Roses are red” poem variation that has been printed on many images.
 
“Roses are red/ Violets are blue/ Taxation is theft” was posted on Twitter by Przemysław Hankus on March 16, 2016.  “Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, Taxation is theft” was posted on Facebook by Freedom Gulch on March 18, 2016. “Roses are red/ Violets are blue/ Taxation is theft/ And it steals from you” was posted on Twitter by Ch1ld 0f Ch@0$ on March 29, 2016.
   
“Roses are red, violets are blue. Taxation is theft, and inflation is too 😉” was posted on Twitter by Jason on April 11, 2016. “Roses are red, violets are blue, taxation is theft, and inflation is too!” was posted on Twitter by James H Bergevin on August 14, 2016.
   
“Roses are red/ Violets are Blue/ Taxation is theft/ And tariffs are too” was posted on Twitter by Frederick Colbey on January 28, 2017. “ROSES ARE RED VIOLETS ARE BLUE TAXATION IS THEFT AND TARIFFS ARE, TOO” (shown on an image) was posted on Reddit—Libertarian on April 9, 2017.
   
“Roses are red/ Violets are blue/ Taxation is theft/ The state’s robbing you” was posted on Twitter by Lauren Chen on September 29, 2020.
   
“Taxation is red. Taxation is blue. Taxation is theft. They don’t care about you” is a related saying.
     
       
Wikipedia: Roses are red
“Roses Are Red” is the name of a classic children’s rhyming poem. It is also a class of poems inspired by that poem. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19798. It is most commonly used as a love poem.
     
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet;
And so are you
   
Twitter
Przemysław Hankus
@mr_hanki
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Taxation is theft.
#tlot #libertarianism #libertarian #liberty #freedom #taxes
12:22 PM · Mar 16, 2016·Twitter Web Client
     
Facebook
Freedom Gulch
March 18, 2016 at 12:00 PM ·
Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, Taxation is theft.
 
Twitter
Purple Monkey Dishwasher
@HayekandHockey
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
And taxation is theft
8:38 PM · Mar 19, 2016·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Ch1ld 0f Ch@0$
@_H3ret1c
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Taxation is theft
And it steals from you
✌🏻
9:05 AM · Mar 29, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Jason
@totalnonfiction
Roses are red, violets are blue. Taxation is theft, and inflation is too 😉
4:46 PM · Apr 11, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Child Of Chaos
@Ch1ld0fCha0s_
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Taxation is theft
And it steals from you
✌🏻
7:46 PM · May 15, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
James H Bergevin
@JHBergevin
LibertyFlash: RT Sebastian_JKT: Roses are red,
violets are blue,
taxation is theft,
and inflation is too!
11:19 AM · Aug 14, 2016·IFTTT
     
Twitter
Frederick Colbey
@FColbey
Roses are red
Violets are Blue
Taxation is theft
And tariffs are too
10:08 AM · Jan 28, 2017·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Dong Copter
@AdamantAnarchy
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Taxation is theft
Inflation is too
1:57 PM · Feb 2, 2017·Twitter for Android
       
Facebook
Barry McKockinner
February 2, 2017 at 1:57 PM ·
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Taxation is theft.
Tariffs are too.
 
Twitter
Roger Feelgood
@rogfeelgood
Roses are red , violets are blue . Taxation is theft , and tariffs are too .
@meyers_laura
will you be my valentine ?
5:22 PM · Feb 13, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Marc Gilbert
@marcpgilbert
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Taxation is theft
And tariffs are, too
10:21 AM · Feb 14, 2017·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Karen
@roadsterkaren
“Roses are red, violets are blue taxation is theft and tariffs are too”
#HappyValentinesDay2017
Libertarian Valentine (This is shown on an image.—ed.)
11:25 AM · Feb 14, 2017·Twitter for Android
     
Reddit—Libertarian
Posted by u/xavier_a April 9, 2017
Roses are red, violets are blue…”
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
ROSES ARE
RED
VIOLETS
ARE BLUE
TAXATION
IS THEFT
AND
TARIFFS
ARE, TOO.
 
Twitter
Libertarian Nation
@LibertarianWing
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Taxation is theft
and inflation is too
Happy Valentine’s Day!
10:50 AM · Feb 14, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
Twitter
Lauren Chen
@TheLaurenChen
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Taxation is theft
The state’s robbing you
9:13 AM · Sep 29, 2020·Twitter for Android
 
twitter
Princess Rivulet
@sarahbrookmemes
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Taxation is theft
And tariffs are too…. #TaxationIsTheft #libertarian
7:08 PM · Dec 17, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
       
Twitter
Erschossen wie Blum
@ErikBausB
Replying to @Freavonwegen and @QuadroTeen
Roses are red
violets are blue
taxation is theft
& inflation is too.
7:12 AM · Feb 4, 2021·Twitter Web App
 
Twitter
Ibrahima sory bah
@RASTAMENGAY
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Taxation is theft
The state is robbing you…
3:00 PM · Feb 4, 2021·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
conspiracybot
@conspiracyb0t
ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
TAXATION IS THEFT,
AND INFLATION IS TOO!
5:00 PM · Feb 7, 2021·conspiracyb0t