--- title: "11 Higher Tax Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Higher Tax quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Higher Tax sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/jeff-rich-22332_equal_we-are-all-are-equal-but-some-pay-higher_911734.jpg" --- > [We are all are equal, but some pay higher tax rates than others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-rich/we-are-all-are-equal-but-some-pay-higher-tax-rates-than-others/) [Jeff Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-rich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/jeff-rich-22332_equal_we-are-all-are-equal-but-some-pay-higher_911734.jpg) > [Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-skousen/taxation-is-the-price-we-pay-for-failing-to-build-a-civilized-society-2/) [Mark Skousen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-skousen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/mark-skousen-11524_civilized_taxation-is-the-price-we-pay-for-failing_1562996.png) > [Going from income support to one of the higher tax tiers overnight... you'd think there'd be a 12-step programme.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bowen/going-from-income-support-to-one-of-the-higher-tax-tiers-overnight/) [James Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bowen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/james-bowen-15666_going_going-from-income-support-to-one-of-the_3200931.jpg) > [President Obama likes to talk about the Buffett Rule. Well, here's a Buffett Rule that all Americans should be able to support:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-portman/president-obama-likes-to-talk-about-the-buffett-rule-well-here-s-a/) [Rob Portman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-portman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/rob-portman-16929_able_president-obama-likes-to-talk-about-the_1547290.png) > [Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-viorst/love-is-much-nicer-to-be-in-than-an-automobile-accident-a-tight/) [Judith Viorst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-viorst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/judith-viorst-3988_automobile_love-is-much-nicer-to-be-in-than-an-auto_631789.png) > [A more productive economy in the long term will bring us higher tax revenues, but that requires long-term investment in infrastructure and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-corbyn/a-more-productive-economy-in-the-long-term-will-bring-us-higher-tax/) [Jeremy Corbyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-corbyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/jeremy-corbyn-3212_economics_a-more-productive-economy-in-the-long-te_1971126.jpg) > [Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-skousen/taxation-is-the-price-we-pay-for-failing-to-build-a-civilized-society/) [Mark Skousen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-skousen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/mark-skousen-11524_civilized_taxation-is-the-price-we-pay-for-failing_836829.jpg) > [A lot of people out there working hard and finally building up to getting a pretty good income. Higher tax rates on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-thompson/a-lot-of-people-out-there-working-hard-and-finally-building-up-to/) [Fred Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f6/fred-thompson-8900_building_a-lot-of-people-out-there-working-hard-a_3195068.jpg) > [It's one thing to maintain that upper-income earners should pay higher tax rates because they are better able to shoulder the burden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-limbaugh/it-s-one-thing-to-maintain-that-upper-income-earners-should-pay/) [David Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/david-limbaugh-8075_able_it-s-one-thing-to-maintain-that-upper-in_1915477.jpg) > [“The U.S. corporate-tax code is an ugly and unusual beast: It imposes the highest top rate in the developed world, but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-u-s-corporate-tax-code-is-an-ugly-and-unusual-beast-it-imposes/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/anonymous-1_north-korea_the-u-s-corporate-tax-code-is-an-ugly-an_2780567.jpg) > [High tax rates in the upper income brackets allow politicians to win votes with class warfare rhetoric, painting their opponents as defenders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/high-tax-rates-in-the-upper-income-brackets-allow-politicians-to-win/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/thomas-sowell-247_brackets_high-tax-rates-in-the-upper-income-brack_1285956.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/higher-tax/#itemlist", "name": "Higher Tax Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are all are equal, but some pay higher tax rates than others.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeff Rich" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-rich/we-are-all-are-equal-but-some-pay-higher-tax-rates-than-others/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/jeff-rich-22332_equal_we-are-all-are-equal-but-some-pay-higher_911734.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/jeff-rich-22332_equal_we-are-all-are-equal-but-some-pay-higher_911734.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/jeff-rich-22332_equal_we-are-all-are-equal-but-some-pay-higher_911734.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are all are equal, but some pay higher tax rates than others.” — Jeff Rich", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. 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But it's constitutional blasphemy to claim that the tax code should be used as a weapon against the wealthy and that the state should be the tyrannical arbiter of how income is distributed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Limbaugh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-limbaugh/it-s-one-thing-to-maintain-that-upper-income-earners-should-pay/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/david-limbaugh-8075_able_it-s-one-thing-to-maintain-that-upper-in_1915477.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/david-limbaugh-8075_able_it-s-one-thing-to-maintain-that-upper-in_1915477.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/david-limbaugh-8075_able_it-s-one-thing-to-maintain-that-upper-in_1915477.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's one thing to maintain that upper-income earners should pay higher tax rates because they are better…” — David Limbaugh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The U.S. corporate-tax code is an ugly and unusual beast: It imposes the highest top rate in the developed world, but a swamp of political favoritism and exemptions ensures that many firms with friends in Washington pay relatively low corporate taxes—or none at all, in some years. Along with North Korea and Zimbabwe, the United States takes the highly unusual approach of taxing all of the non-U.S. operations of U.S.-based firms, meaning that American companies doing business in any given country abroad will always pay the higher tax rate as between that country and the United States. 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Meanwhile, the same politicians can win donations from the rich by creating tax loopholes that can keep the rich from actually paying those higher tax rates - or perhaps any taxes at all. What is worse than class warfare is phony class warfare. 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