There has been no organized effort to keep government down since Jefferson's day. Ever since then the American people have been bolstering… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
A homeless man once told me that dancing to rap music is the cultural equivalent of masturbating, and I'd sort of fell… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Everybody talks about candidate tax returns, and they release those - well, most. But medical records, that's another thing, and that arguably… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The House okayed the gasoline tax cut, which will increase the deficit, line the pockets of the oil companies, and hurt the… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Start by scrapping the tax code. Don't fiddle with it. Junk it. Throw it out. Bury it. Replace it with a pro-growth,… — Steve Forbes Copy Share Image
The income tax only taxed the Rockefellers, the Morgans and the Vanderbilts. It was aimed at the top 4 percent, and the… — T.R. Reid Copy Share Image
I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Obama wants to take the individual small business tax to 44 percent, and the corporate rate - he says - down to… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
Did you know that Puritanism went hand in hand with dirt, that Oliver Cromwell put a 100 per cent tax on soap… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Al Gore has made no serious attempt to level the playing field for U.S. agriculture exports, which have fallen 16 percent in… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
Let me respond with a few points, the first being that all immigrants pay taxes, income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, gasoline… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
I only have disdain for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He raised taxes and has increased regulations. What else is new?… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
Our government has been in a surplus position up until this year. We should be able to recover to a surplus position… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
The generosity of the super-rich is sometimes proffered as evidence they're contributing as much to the nation's well-being as they did decades… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
There are always principles to be depended upon in this matter of taxation ... Amidst the inconsistent, the bewildering representations offered, a… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Government: If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I believe American corporations that have gotten so much from our country should be just as patriotic in return. Many of them… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Stars didn't have to worry as they were on long term contracts and were able to enjoy their vacations without worrying about… — Pola Negri Copy Share Image
If any one shall claim a power to lay and levy taxes on the people by his own authority and without such… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. I… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Donald Trump talks us down. He makes disparaging comments about America. He calls our military a disaster. Well, it's not, but it… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
My husband said, 'Now you need to go and get a post-doctorate degree in tax law.' Tax law! I hate taxes. Why… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
The last man to try to run for president advocating a tax increase was Walter Mondale. He lost 49 states in 1984,… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
If Hillary [Clinton] is elected, is she going to be able to jack up taxes with virtually no deductions, and include capital… — Gary Shilling Copy Share Image
We must start now to provide additional stimulus to the modernization of American industrial plants I shall propose to the Congress a… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“I believe the logical approach would be to have each governmental agency and department trim its budget by 10 percent — with… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
Tax increases appear to have a very large sustained and highly significant negative impact on output. Since most of our exogenous tax… — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
Research and development needs permanent tax credits to build the technology that spurs our growth. But no government programs alone can get… — Ernest Istook Copy Share Image
The real issue for the public is to figure out which narrative do we want. We can have a bigger government, if… — Glenn Hubbard Copy Share Image
House GOP Leader John Boehner on Monday rightly sounded the alarm over billions in stimulus tax dollars that could potentially go to… — Michelle Malkin Copy Share Image
Any tax over 12-14% -- regardless of the base -- will corrupt enough taxpayers to render the system unfair to all. So,… — Steve Wallace Copy Share Image
We do it all the time, we legislate taste. We do it with the tax code. Churches and children get a tax… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I have a robust plan to help make quality child care more affordable. It will include an exclusion from taxes of the… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The remaining revenue on the consumption of foreign luxuries to domestic comforts, being collected on our seaboard and frontiers only, and incorporated… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A four percent growth strategy means you fix a convoluted tax code. You get in and you change every aspect of regulations… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
The American economy is driven by small business. And there's nothing basically to create incentives for small businesses. We've done no tax… — Ed Rollins Copy Share Image
If someone knows of a job creator anywhere in the world that's looking for a high, complex tax environment or looking for… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The rich believe that they're different and that it is their right to pay a much lower tax rate. The response that… — Robin Wells Copy Share Image
The problem is that corporations have way too much power in Congress and the government and they're rigging the system so that… — Richard Patrick Copy Share Image
![“If Hillary [Clinton] is elected, is she going to be able to jack up taxes with virtually no deductions, and include capital gains? Unless democrats have a clean sweep of Congress, I don't think that's going to happen either.” quote by Gary Shilling](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ad5/gary-shilling-27568_able_if-hillary-clinton-is-elected-is-she-goi_1900475.jpg)
