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title: "8 Corporations Pay Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [You got to remember, S corporations pay one layer of tax, corporations pay two layers of tax. So we basically see equivalent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ryan/you-got-to-remember-s-corporations-pay-one-layer-of-tax-corporations/)

[Paul Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ryan/)

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> [Republicans and Democrats have long recognized that our corporate tax system hamstrings business, reduces investment, and creates unfairness. Some corporations pay massive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-sununu/republicans-and-democrats-have-long-recognized-that-our-corporate-tax/)

[Chris Sununu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-sununu/)

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> [Democratically elected governments meekly requesting giant corporations to pay pitifully low levels of tax on their enormous profits is not a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/democratically-elected-governments-meekly-requesting-giant/)

[David Olusoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-olusoga/)

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> [I do think corporations should pay their tax.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-varadkar/i-do-think-corporations-should-pay-their-tax/)

[Leo Varadkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-varadkar/)

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> [No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/no-matter-what-anyone-may-say-about-making-the-rich-and-the/)

[Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/)

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> [Corporations do not pay taxes, they collect them, passing the burden to consumers as a cost of production. And corporate taxation is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/corporations-do-not-pay-taxes-they-collect-them-passing-the-burden-to/)

[George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/)

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> [What is not fair now is that corporations pay less and less tax, which means that you and I pay more because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-george/what-is-not-fair-now-is-that-corporations-pay-less-and-less-tax-which/)

[Susan George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-george/)

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> [The billionaires pay an effective tax rate lower than nurses or truck drivers. That makes no sense at all. There has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/the-billionaires-pay-an-effective-tax-rate-lower-than-nurses-or-truck/)

[Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/)

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