Country is run by... financial powers & corporate interests [who] send their lawyers to Congress to make laws so that they don't… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I mean I imagine I could have done a better job with keeping my paperwork and paying my taxes. For the most… — Matt Sydal Copy Share Image
High tax rates that people don't actually pay do not bring the government as much revenue as lower tax rates that they… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Death and taxes are the only two certainties in life, as Mark Twain once said. Or was it Benjamin Franklin?” — Stephen Leather Copy Share Image
You can't be evangelical and associate yourself with Jesus and what he says about the poor and just have no other domestic… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
No matter how much the private sector crows that corporate tax breaks will lead to more jobs or robust economic activity, such… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget. — Tom DeLay Copy Share Image
I am not brave enough to not pay my income tax and risk going to jail. But I can say rather freely… — Corita Kent Copy Share Image
We all use cash in our everyday life, but we don't use hundred-dollar bills. We're not using 500-euro notes. And yet these… — Kenneth Rogoff Copy Share Image
As a country, Americans have to find a way to keep our cities solvent. If large numbers of cities no longer have… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
One of the high spots of the decade for me was offering the bill which culminated in the tax act of 1986,… — Donald T. Regan Copy Share Image
When a hedge-fund guy gets lucky because the market goes up, and he is going to make $200m, and you know $200… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
We need to reclaim our American system of limited government, low taxes, reasonable regulations, and sound money, which has blessed us with… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
I want to make sure that we have a tax code that makes sure that everyone benefits, including those in poverty and… — Mark Meadows Copy Share Image
Congress had the opportunity to extend tax relief to working families without increasing the deficit. Instead, we were handed a bill that… — Rick Larsen Copy Share Image
Our nation's tax code is a broken mess of rules and regulations. It rewards special interests, punishes success and holds back millions… — Chris Sununu Copy Share Image
It started with Ronald Reagan, when he took away the financing to the California universities. It used to be cheap to send… — Tim Matheson Copy Share Image
This thought-provoking novel portrays the absurdity of our overbearing government bureaucracy with a story that is entertaining and fast-paced. The Taxman Cometh… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
“A 2008 study of the wealthiest four hundred taxpayers, for instance, showed that they earned an average of $202 million and paid… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
I think everybody benefitted from what I am calling a bubble finance system, a bubble economy and if we're ever going to… — David Stockman Copy Share Image
Number two, I will not reduce the share paid by high-income individuals. I know that you and your running mate keep saying… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The federal government, state governments will not do without that tax revenue from tobacco no matter what. I've always thought it was… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Government, not the oil industry, is the biggest 'profiteer' from oil. And it uses the tax revenue to expand its own authority… — Mark Levin Copy Share Image
Now that the most interesting matter of identity is not what place someone was born in, but what point in time they… — Nick Laird Copy Share Image
Taxes are indeed very heavy - We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness. Three times as much by our Pride.… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Charlie Rangel was writing laws on our taxes as chair of the Ways and Means Committee while somehow neglecting to pay his… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Tax revenue should not come at the expense of Minnesota workers and Minnesota companies, and I am on a mission to make… — Dean Phillips Copy Share Image
I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a… — Sadie Frost Copy Share Image
One has to try to develop one's inner feelings, which can be done simply by training one's mind. This is a priceless… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom. — Ralph Hall Copy Share Image
All the evidence here, for example, in Britain, is that migrants, particularly from the rest of Europe, who come here contribute far… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
One way to have broader access to wealth is to reduce the tax on the large group and increase the tax on… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Taxes shouldn't be higher; they should be fairer. We must be a party that's disciplined. We must make tough choices. — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we can't just keep doubling our national debt every eight years. We have got to get that under control and not… — Ron Estes Copy Share Image
Imagine how quickly Americans would demand lower taxes & spending if they had to write the federal government a check each month — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the liberal imagination, the money is the government's by default, and the president and Congress determine through the tax code how… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
The fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follow that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It's been said that government doesn't create jobs, business does. For the most part, this is true. But government creates the environment… — Christine Gregoire Copy Share Image
The only reason people lock their car doors when Obama walks by is they are afraid he'll tax them to death . . . — James Woods Copy Share Image
You have to starve the Beast. That's one of the most important things about tax cuts. If you leave the money in… — Steve Chabot Copy Share Image