If no estate tax is imposed, capital gains taxes can be avoided indefinitely. — Richard Thaler 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
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
Income earned by the sweat of your brow should be taxed at the lowest rates, not the highest. Capital gains should be… — John C. Bogle 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 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
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
Make no mistake, the point of cutting the personal income tax and the capital gains cut is to send an unmistakable message… — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
We're paying maybe 25 percent of the income tax, but the payroll tax is over a third of the receipts of the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Various justifications for lower capital-gains rates have been proffered over the years, none of them self-evident. But even conceding the wisdom of… — James B. Stewart 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
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
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
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
Tax laws favor capital over labor, giving capital gains a lower rate than ordinary income. The rich get humongous mortgage interest deductions… — Robert Reich 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
Contrary to the rhetoric emanating from the American left, the 'rich' are currently paying a lot more than 'their fair share.' It… — Peter Schiff 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
“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
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
The public psychology of going into debt for gain passes through several more or less distinct phases: (a) the lure of big… — Irving Fisher Copy Share Image
I love to tell how I'm suffering because one percent we're paying 25 percent of the total. We're not paying 25 percent… — Howard Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“You know that one scene that shows up at the end of every heist movie, where the crooks recline on the beach… — Jeremy Gantz Copy Share Image
Well, certainly the Democrats have been arguing to raise the capital gains tax on all Americans. Obama says he wants to do… — Grover Norquist 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
I think if you had a capital-gains system where the long, patient capital would actually be rewarded, nanosecond capital turning would not… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“My capital gains of approximately $40,000 were placed into a 1031 tax-deferred exchange,” — Robert T. Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
Nobody prefers to earn income any more, because that's taxable. Rich people prefer to make capital gains. — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
What would be better, that people build big houses thinking that they'll make capital gains or that they send their children to… — Robert J. Shiller 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
If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than… — Michael Bloomberg 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
The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
After Independence, there were periods of very high taxation. So you didn't create wealth, how will you distribute it? When was the… — Shiv Nadar Copy Share Image
One basic myth is that rich people get wealthy by earning income. But that's not how most get rich. Most of the… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
The biggest revenue target is the preferential rate for long-term capital gains, which raises a perennial question: Why should capital income be… — James B. Stewart Copy Share Image
This is, and they're going to talk,you think these guys are going to go out there and cut those loopholes? The loophole...the… — Joe Biden 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
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