--- title: "10 Income Americans Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 10 Income Americans quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Income Americans sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/steven-rattner-23846_fund_the-highest-income-americans-don-t-need_2962616.png" --- > [The highest-income Americans don't need tax-free health insurance, mortgage interest deductions or deferred taxation on retirement funds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rattner/the-highest-income-americans-don-t-need-tax-free-health-insurance/) [Steven Rattner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rattner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/steven-rattner-23846_fund_the-highest-income-americans-don-t-need_2962616.png) > [Economically as well as emotionally, modern marriage has become like an affluent gated community. It has become harder for low-income Americans to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-coontz/economically-as-well-as-emotionally-modern-marriage-has-become-like/) [Stephanie Coontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-coontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/stephanie-coontz-3365_community_economically-as-well-as-emotionally-mode_2055835.png) > [Let me tell you, the heart of my tax proposal: I will not raise taxes on the American people. I will not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/let-me-tell-you-the-heart-of-my-tax-proposal-i-will-not-raise-taxes/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/mitt-romney-268_american-people_let-me-tell-you-the-heart-of-my-tax-prop_3027775.png) > [It was shocking to realize how many low-income Americans don't have savings accounts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/it-was-shocking-to-realize-how-many-low-income-americans-don-t-have/) [Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/dan-ariely-1899_accounts_it-was-shocking-to-realize-how-many-low_2902429.png) > [What middle-income Americans want most of all is a job. We need a generous safety net for the most vulnerable in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-middle-income-americans-want-most-of-all-is-a-job-we-need-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/anonymous-1_accomplishment_what-middle-income-americans-want-most-o_1745041.jpg) > [The people who are having the hard time right now are middle-income Americans. Under the president's policies, middle-income Americans have been buried.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/the-people-who-are-having-the-hard-time-right-now-are-middle-income/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/mitt-romney-268_buried_the-people-who-are-having-the-hard-time_2700093.jpg) > [I do want to reduce the burden being paid by middle-income Americans. And I...and to do that, that also means I cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-do-want-to-reduce-the-burden-being-paid-by-middle-income-americans/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/mitt-romney-268_mr-president_i-do-want-to-reduce-the-burden-being-pai_1413142.jpg) > [I think that we've had an economy that's been out of balance for too long. So the general principle of raising taxes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-think-that-we-ve-had-an-economy-that-s-been-out-of-balance-for-too/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/barack-obama-17_balance_i-think-that-we-ve-had-an-economy-that-s_1055935.jpg) > [One of the difficulties in getting to the bottom of the poor prospects for retirement is that the policy and intellectual elites,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hedrick-smith/one-of-the-difficulties-in-getting-to-the-bottom-of-the-poor/) [Hedrick Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hedrick-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/hedrick-smith-19137_bottom_one-of-the-difficulties-in-getting-to-th_883743.jpg) > [Number two, I will not reduce the share paid by high-income individuals. I know that you and your running mate keep saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/number-two-i-will-not-reduce-the-share-paid-by-high-income/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b82/mitt-romney-268_taxes_number-two-i-will-not-reduce-the-share-p_1748058.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/income-americans/#itemlist", "name": "Income Americans Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The highest-income Americans don't need tax-free health insurance, mortgage interest deductions or deferred taxation on retirement funds.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Rattner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rattner/the-highest-income-americans-don-t-need-tax-free-health-insurance/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/steven-rattner-23846_fund_the-highest-income-americans-don-t-need_2962616.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/steven-rattner-23846_fund_the-highest-income-americans-don-t-need_2962616.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/steven-rattner-23846_fund_the-highest-income-americans-don-t-need_2962616.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The highest-income Americans don't need tax-free health insurance, mortgage interest deductions or deferred…” — Steven Rattner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Economically as well as emotionally, modern marriage has become like an affluent gated community. 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