Anti-Tax fetishist Grover Norquist owns a bust of Ronald Reagan, who raised taxes 11 times. Votes: 3
John FugelsangTax rates should never be raised in some brackets without being raised in all brackets. Votes: 3
Bradley A. SmithTax reform means, "Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree." Votes: 3
Russell B. LongTax reform means, 'Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.' Votes: 3
Russell B. LongTax is not a four-letter word; rather, it's the price we pay for the country we want. Votes: 3
Alex HimelfarbTo the Tax Office: All is over between us. Please don't attempt to communicate with me again. Votes: 3
Ashleigh BrilliantTax season always means a deluge of tax advice. Unfortunately, most of it is futile and lightweight. Votes: 3
Robert KiyosakiTax cuts were not going to be effective at creating jobs, and the job creation record is lousy. Votes: 3
Paul KrugmanOn GOP Tax Cuts: They'll take food out of the mouths of children to give tax cuts to the wealthiest. Votes: 3
Nancy PelosiBe wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss. Votes: 2
Robert A. HeinleinIf we're not going to tax the rich anymore, we're going to create class warfare. Votes: 2
Lewis BlackHating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax. Votes: 2
Mike RoykoWe do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one. Votes: 2
Herbert SpencerThe only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax. Votes: 2
Thomas DewarDemocrats don't represent the taxpayers, they represent the tax-consumers... Votes: 0
Glenn ReynoldsOur tax code encourages people to raise thoroughbred horses, not children. Votes: 0
Patricia SchroederFundamental [tax] reform almost always runs the risk of making things worse. Votes: 0
Dan RostenkowskiAnother top issue for the upcoming [Donald] Trump administration is tax policy. Votes: 0
Kelly McEversYet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax. Votes: 0
Dick ThornburghTechnology giants have taken advantage of tax codes written for an industrial age. Votes: 0
Charles DuhiggThe two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption. Votes: 0
Mario MontiThe income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government. Votes: 0
Barry GoldwaterA tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state. Votes: 0
Isabel PatersonHigher projected corporate and personal income tax receipts and lower public debt charges. Votes: 0
Ralph GoodaleThe underlying intellectual argument for seeking to tax economic rents retains its force. Votes: 0
Mervyn KingThe power to tax, once conceded, has no limits; it continues until it destroys. Votes: 0
Robert A. HeinleinI'd be a Libertarian, if they weren't all a bunch of tax-dodging professional whiners. Votes: 0
Berkeley BreathedEvery tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is immoral and oppressive. Votes: 0
Auberon HerbertAmericans spend 3 billion hours per year filling out tax forms and keeping tax records. Votes: 0
Jim RamstadMissouri remains a low tax, efficiently run state, according to all prominent national rankings. Votes: 0
Bob Holdenpg 9, "The consciousness of life's unconsciousness is the oldest tax levied on the intelligence. Votes: 0
Fernando PessoaYou are not going to revive the unemployment of 26 million Americans with tax cuts. Votes: 0
Jesse JacksonThere is no liberty without dependency. That is why we should celebrate tax day. Votes: 0
Cass SunsteinWe cannot restore traditional American freedom unless we limit the government's power to tax. Votes: 0
Frank ChodorovMAKE WAVES WITH ME! My talk's not cheap, but sponsorship is inexpensive and tax-deductible. Votes: 0
Lisa TolliverThe social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind Votes: 0
John Warren KindtWe need a tax code that promotes savings, investment, achievement, innovation, and hard work. Votes: 0
Erik PaulsenRepublicans will not be reduced to being the tax collectors for the Obama economy. Votes: 0
Mitch McConnellThe only people helped by the death tax are lawyers, accountants, and IRS agents. Votes: 0
Bob SchafferAny tax is a discouragement and therefore a regulation so far as it goes. Votes: 0
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.China has no income tax, no unemployment and not a single soldier outside its borders. Votes: 0
Zhou EnlaiThe tax code can be used to eliminate the toll booths on the information superhighway. Votes: 0
Jerry WellerThe Democrats are obsessing about raising tax rates, while the GOP talks about closing loopholes. Votes: 0
Bob BeauprezWe tax air passengers like cigarettes and alcohol - we impose sin taxes on travellers. Votes: 0
Gordon BethuneTalkin bout money we could have a conversation Top five tax bracket in the population Votes: 0
Nicki MinajYou don't get gushers of revenue by raising tax rates. You get it through expansion. Votes: 0
George P. ShultzThe difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall. Votes: 0
Denis HealeyOnce the housing market begins to recover, I would phase out the mortgage tax deduction. Votes: 0
Joshua A. TuckerI think that the tax situation needs to be worked out between the countries themselves. Votes: 0
Mark ZuckerbergRepublicans don't seem to mind taking inflation into account when the subject is tax rates. Votes: 0
Timothy NoahInstead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas. Votes: 0
Joe Baca[Donald Trump] campaigned on an enormous tax cut, and he campaigned on a deregulatory agenda. Votes: 0
Rich LowryWe'll be passing tax relief for small business owners and working families across the country. Votes: 0
Mike PenceThe requisitions of the income tax have added greatly to the attractions of mercenary crime. Votes: 0
Rex StoutIt's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children. Votes: 0
Bill NelsonThe politicians say 'we' can't afford a tax cut. Maybe we can't afford the politicians. Votes: 0
Steve ForbesWe will also target tax evasion and off-shore tax havens... Everyone must pay their share. Votes: 0
George OsborneDonald Trump have proposed an approach that has a $4 billion tax benefit for your family. Votes: 0
Donald TrumpThe carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening." Votes: 0
Campbell NewmanMore astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013. Votes: 0
Bill MaherThe carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening. Votes: 0
Campbell NewmanThe nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose. Votes: 0
William E. SimonWe need to have a tax system that rewards work and not just financial transactions. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonAn economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profits Votes: 0
John F. KennedyThe death tax is one of the leading causes of the dissolution of small businesses. Votes: 0
Kit BondIt would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinThe Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy's flipping burgers -- she needed a tax break, Votes: 0
Eva LongoriaWe're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels. Votes: 0
Dick ArmeyWhen Mitt Romney says he wants to reform the tax code, hold onto your wallets. Votes: 0
Charles SchumerIt cannot be good to tax the Americans... You will lose more than you gain. Votes: 0
Thomas HutchinsonThe death tax is one of the leading causes of the dissolution of small businesses. Votes: 0
Christopher BondAre we ever going to have a federal tax system that regular people can understand? Votes: 0
Dave BarryYou [Hillary Clinton] are going to approve one of the biggest tax cuts in history. Votes: 0
Donald TrumpI'm a conservative and I believe if you tax something more you get less of it. Votes: 0
John Barrasso1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS. Votes: 0
Ron PaulEmployees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible. Votes: 0
Andy WarholYou see people literally in a different galaxy who are paying extraordinarily low rates of tax. Votes: 0
Nick CleggAdvertising is tax deductible, so we all pay for the privilege of being manipulated and controlled. Votes: 0
Noam ChomskyAndrea Leadsom promises to publish tax return tomorrow if she gets on ballot - it's boring. Votes: 0
Laura KuenssbergA tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic illness. Votes: 0
George W. BushThere's something wrong when hedge fund managers pay lower tax rates than nurses or the truckers Votes: 0
Lindsey GrahamIf you don't get spending under control, eventually you're going to have a big tax increase. Votes: 0
Pat ToomeyItaly and France could lop off their excessive wealth through a one-time tax on private wealth. Votes: 0
Edmund PhelpsThere is no moral distinction between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax. Votes: 0
Leonard ReadWe don't have a tax revenue problem in Washington, we have a spending problem in Washington. Votes: 0
Paul RyanIs a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off? Votes: 0
Padgett PowellI love paying tax so much, the sight of a gritter lorry gives me an erection Votes: 0
Jon RichardsonThe smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to Vespasian's tax on ordure.] Votes: 0
JuvenalA smattering of English is worse than useless; it is an unnecessary tax on our women. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiIf you want more of something, subsidize it; if you want less of something, tax it. Votes: 0
Ronald ReaganI am interested in tax policy that raises money because I don't like being in debt. Votes: 0
Ruqaiyyah Waris MaqsoodI am interested in tax policy that raises money because I don't like being in debt. Votes: 0
Rush LimbaughThe tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting. Votes: 0
Rob PortmanI like the idea of a proportional tax. That way you pay according to your ability. Votes: 0
Benjamin CarsonIs there a phrase in the English language more fraught with menace than a tax audit? Votes: 0
Erica JongWhen I bought out my first autobiography I received the biggest tax bill of my life. Votes: 0
Simon WestonUnmarried couples should get married - that's an excellent tax avoidance measure, if a bit drastic. Votes: 0
John WhitingReligious hatreds ought not to be propagated at all, but certainly not on a tax-exempt basis. Votes: 0
James A. MichenerGive women the vote, and in five years there will be a crushing tax on bachelors. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawTo tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder. Votes: 0
Benjamin DisraeliDonald Trump doesn't release his tax returns and is indebted to foreign banks and foreign lenders. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonHow can we tax people for not buying a product from a website that doesn't work? Votes: 0
John BoehnerWe don't need a flat tax, but a flattening tax, to truly level the playing field. Votes: 0
Jello BiafraThe corporate income tax, in particular, is a tax that puts American corporations at a disadvantage. Votes: 0
Ken BuckThe nation ought to have a tax system which looks like someone designed it on purpose. Votes: 0
William E. SimonWe must obviously be much more clever in using resources, regulate with tax and promote innovations. Votes: 0
Hans RoslingA heavy or progressive or graduated income tax is necessary for the proper development of Communism. Votes: 0
Karl MarxNonprofit status is what created the Bible Belt. The tax code brought religion back to this country. Votes: 0
Gore VidalThe only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. Votes: 0
Mark TwainWhat we do have is a gigantic matching tax-cutting program as a way of stimulating the economy. Votes: 0
Judy WoodruffIf we are to create tomorrow's jobs, we can't remain frozen in time in yesterday's tax system. Votes: 0
Bob TaftIf you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase. Votes: 0
Matt BluntOur youth [with their overwhelming support of Obama] are voting for a permanent tax on their life Votes: 0
Dennis PragerPoliticians will always spend every penny of tax raised and whatever else they can get away with. Votes: 0
Milton FriedmanThe tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. Votes: 0
Grover NorquistMy money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man. Votes: 0
Glenda JacksonI just filled out my income tax forms. Who says you can't get killed by a blank? Votes: 0
Milton BerleBy the way, my tax cut is the biggest since Ronald Reagan. I'm very proud of it. Votes: 0
Donald TrumpI've never seen class warfare as nasty as it is today, as a result of tax debate. Votes: 0
Bernard GoldbergYou can tax the rich all you want. The problem is there aren't enough of the rich. Votes: 0
Bob PackwoodThere cannot be a good tax nor a just one; every tax rests its case on compulsion. Votes: 0
Frank ChodorovIf you want to get rich with a tax free enterprise that sells nothing, start a church. Votes: 0
Bill MaherShout out to all my niggas livin tax free. Nowadays it's six figures when they tax me. Votes: 0
DrakeYou have to be very rich to afford Labour, with 66 tax rises since they came in power. Votes: 0
John RedwoodFew of us ever test our powers of deduction, except when filling out an income tax form Votes: 0
Laurence J. PeterThe money is with people who have taken advantage of every single break in the tax code. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonBack then, the excise tax was designed to be a luxury tax for people who owned telephones. Votes: 0
Mike FitzpatrickNobody in this country realizes that cap-and-trade is a tax - and it's a great big one. Votes: 0
John DingellThe last time we raised the gas tax, which is how we built the interstate system, was 1993. Votes: 0
Ray LaHoodone of the sisters started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she was no good. Votes: 0
Eva IbbotsonThis is such music to my ears. James Carville advocating a tax cut to stimulate the economy. Votes: 0
Mary MatalinPeople want to know that they're going to get tax relief and Donald Trump has promised that. Votes: 0
Kellyanne ConwayThe Kyoto treaty has failed, and it's failed even in Europe, which has had cap and tax since 2005. Votes: 0
Jim SensenbrennerWe don`t need to drive up the national debt by giving tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires. Votes: 0
Bernie SandersNobody in this country realizes that cap and trade is a tax, and it's a great big one. Votes: 0
John DingellI do want the tax system to be efficient and be conducive to growth, which it is not. Votes: 0
Jamie DimonWe all want to know what taxes we would pay under [Donald Trump] tax plan. That's a question. Votes: 0
Kellyanne ConwayThe rich hire lawyers and accountants for a reason - to pass the tax bill on to you. Votes: 0
George W. BushIs it me, or is the government more concerned about its own tax headaches, than your tax headaches? Votes: 0
Neil CavutoThe current tax code is harder to understand than Bob Dylan reading Finnegans Wake in a wind tunnel. Votes: 0
Dennis MillerMake no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter. Votes: 0
Tom DaschleMany attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves. Votes: 0
Albert Bushnell HartA tax loophole is something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform. Votes: 0
Russell B. LongI still pay full tax when I work in England and the same when I work in America. Votes: 0
Sean ConneryOur intention is to give people, however you might stylize it, a tax cut or a pay raise. Votes: 0
Paul O'NeillIt may be that the carbon tax is the final chapter in the strange death of Labor Australia. Votes: 0
Richard FlanaganThe purpose for a tax system is to collect needed revenue at the least cost to the people. Votes: 0
Edward C. PrescottA [tax loophole is] something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform. Votes: 0
Russell B. LongExcept for the usual house chores, doing income tax, etc., I am free to write whenever I want. Votes: 0
Yuriy TarnawskyWhat I argue for is a progressive tax, a global tax, based on the taxation of private property. Votes: 0
Thomas PikettyDemocrats don't want you to know what their tax plans are. They just don't want you to know. Votes: 0
George W. BushNo nation in history has ever survived a tax burden that reached a third of its national income. Votes: 0
Ronald ReaganWe should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises. Votes: 0
Theresa MayThe real problem in Greece is not cutting taxes, it's making sure that we don't have tax evasion. Votes: 0
George PapandreouThe bottom line is that the death tax is a tax on the economy because it slows economic growth. Votes: 0
Todd TiahrtI firmly believe the death tax is good for people from all walks of life all throughout our society. Votes: 0
George W. BushI just want to be married, or just engaged. Basically, I just want a ring. And the tax break. Votes: 0
Christina RicciAmerica's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief. Votes: 0
P. J. O'RourkeThe tax code gives you an enormous advantage if you can find some things you can just sit with. Votes: 0
Charlie MungerPresident Bush says he now wants to simplify the tax code. Only those in the blue states will pay. Votes: 0
David LettermanThe only way you get Americans to notice anything is to tax them or draft them or kill them. Votes: 0
John IrvingThe only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax. Votes: 0
Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron DewarBush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people. Votes: 0
Carol Moseley BraunNumber one I think we should impose a fee or a tax on the transportation of trash per mile. Votes: 0
Ed RendellTo introduce a whole new tax regime, that would be modern tax reform. But that's too big a task. Votes: 0
Chuck SchumerChange of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich. Votes: 0
Nicolas ChamfortTo tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. Votes: 0
Edmund BurkeMe and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position. Votes: 0
Bill GatesIf you are doing well, your business will pay more in tax; if you're not doing well, you pay less. Votes: 0
Matt GonzalezFailure is just a tax on the way to success. It is inevitable but it is not the whole story. Votes: 0
Michael HyattIt is my belief that tax credits only go to people who are making money, and they generally keep it. Votes: 0
Dianne FeinsteinHuguette Clark has had her own tax liens - four times, the IRS has filed to collect taxes from her. Votes: 0
Bill DedmanWhy is it that half of the households in America pay zero income tax? We need some real tax reform. Votes: 0
John CornynIf I decide to run for office, I will release my tax returns. Absolutely. I would love to do that. Votes: 0
Donald TrumpIf you pay people not to work and tax them when they do, don't be surprised if you get unemployment. Votes: 0
Milton FriedmanIf I want to build wealth to transfer to the next generation, I can let it grow on a tax-free basis. Votes: 0
Arthur NersesianIf a tax on malt would raise the price of beer, a tax on bread must raise the price of bread. Votes: 0
David RicardoThere are a lot of things you can say about the Bush tax cuts, but you can't say they didn't work. Votes: 0
Phil GrammA Wall Street money manager should not be able to pay a lower tax rate than a teacher or a nurse. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonI think that a lot of the money - these big bills - is used to facilitate tax evasion and crime. Votes: 0
Kenneth RogoffWe don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business? Votes: 0
Will RogersA dog who thinks he is a man's best friend is a dog who obviously has never met a tax lawyer. Votes: 0
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