What the issue here is, you get rid of all the conservative orthodoxy about capital gains, marginal tax rate, supply side economics,… — Chris Hayes 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
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
“My capital gains of approximately $40,000 were placed into a 1031 tax-deferred exchange,” — Robert T. Kiyosaki 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
“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
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
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
My tax plan will cut taxes for 95 percent of workers, because we need to put money back into the pockets of… — Barack Obama 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
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
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
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
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
I'll give you a simple formula for straightening out the problems of the United States. First, you tax the churches. You take… — Frank Zappa 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
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
“Those cuts had lowered the top income tax rate from 39.6 percent to 35 percent. With bipartisan support, Bush had also slashed… — Jane Mayer 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
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
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
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
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
Between income taxes and employment taxes, capital gains taxes, estate taxes, corporate taxes, property taxes, Social Security taxes, we're being taxed to… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
“The government can put dividends on the same tax basis as capital gains if the tax authorities allow investors to obtain a… — Jeremy J. Siegel Copy Share Image