Nobody prefers to earn income any more, because that's taxable. Rich people prefer to make capital gains. — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Democrats who see virtue in the estate tax are doing the equivalent of aborting future enterprises. They deprive businesses of oxygen with… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Imagine his delight after it 'leaked' that he will propose raising taxes on the wealthy by $320 billion over the next 10… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
The wealth in many large estates has never been taxed because it is largely in the form of unrealized - therefore untaxed… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
There were no jobs created in America from 1945, when the war ended, through 2003. How could there be? Taxes were too… — Andrew Tobias Copy Share Image
The tax on capital gains in Canada is twice as high as in communist China and we wonder why our ideas are… — Pierre Poilievre Copy Share Image
I have worked with investors for 60 years and I have yet to see anyone - not even when capital gains rates… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that Governor Romney operates on the capital gains tax, his investments, what he lives off of instead of doing it… — Allen West Copy Share Image
While it is probably a poor idea to own actively managed funds in general, it is truly a terrible idea to own… — William J. Bernstein Copy Share Image
Every time we've cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. Whenever we raise the capital gains tax, it's been damaged.… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
“If the stock market continues to advance, we know that inequality will increase, for capital gains on equities accrue disproportionately to the… — Robert J. Gordon Copy Share Image
Across a wide body of academic and empirical evidence, there is no evidence of a significant impact of capital gains rates on… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
No one making less than $250,000 under Barack Obama's plan will see one single penny of their tax raised, whether it's their… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
The biggest - one of the biggest barriers to driving economic growth is the capital gains tax rate. I propose taking it… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
If no estate tax is imposed, capital gains taxes can be avoided indefinitely. — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
“Yes, Pilcher was a money-man. They were a type. It was easy to spot them. You could always tell one by that… — Cameron Hawley Copy Share Image
An unrealized capital gains tax will empower the federal government to access the private transactions of Americans, needlessly expand bureaucracy in Washington,… — Byron Donalds 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
If people want capital gains taxed more like the highest rate on income, that's a good discussion. Maybe that's the way to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“Once in public office, Mellon helped define the 1920s as an era during which business succeeded in rolling back many of the… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
I have never been able to understand why the tax comes as such a body blow to many people since the rate… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Legislation to create a new 10 percent tax bracket, reduce the marriage penalty, cut the tax rate on dividends and capital gains,… — Roger Wicker Copy Share Image
I'd like to give zero out capital gains tax and zero out the dividends tax, zero out alternative minimum tax, and zero… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
Index funds are... tax friendly, allowing investors to defer the realization of capital gains or avoid them completely if the shares are… — Burton Malkiel Copy Share Image
