I lean toward a flat tax. But I want to make it real flat…

all my bounce has gone flat, like soda with the top left off.

— Charlaine Harris

If Congress were to pass a 'flat' tax, you'd simply pay a fixed percentage of your income, and you wouldn't have to fill out…

— Dave Barry

The 9-9-9 plan would resuscitate this economy because it replaces the outdated tax code that allows politicians to pick winners and losers, and to…

— Herman Cain

Under my plan, 85 percent of America will pay no tax or have a flat tax at our lowest rate of 15 percent.

— John McCain

We don't need a flat tax, but a flattening tax, to truly level the playing field.

— Jello Biafra

A flat tax is roughly the same as a sales tax.

— Bob Frank

On the flat tax, the more you compress the tax rates, the more you untax where the income is really made, at the top…

— Michael Hudson

So we want to change the tax system. We want it to be fair, and we want to see some tax relief because people…

— Todd Tiahrt

I'd like somebody to get rid of the death tax. That's what I want. I don't want to get taxed just because I died.…

— Whoopi Goldberg

I think companies trying to exercise a so-called inversion should be hit with an exit tax. So I want to change behaviors, and I…

— Hillary Clinton

The truth is, our corporate income taxes are some of the highest in the world, and frankly, in my judgment it's unpatriotic if you're…

— Jim Jordan

I pay whatever tax I am required to pay under the law, not a penny more, not a penny less... if anybody in this…

— Kerry Packer

I know hedge-fund guys that are making hundreds of millions of dollars a year and pay no tax. And I want to lower [tax]…

— Donald Trump

If you want less of something, tax it. If you want more of something, don't tax it or reduce the tax burden.

— Ted Nugent

We want to repeal the ObamaCare tax. We want to save middle class families from European health care. And that's what we're going to…

— Reince Priebus