Percent Income Quotes

... the top 10 percent of incomes pay 70 percent of the income taxes and cast about 25 percent of the vote.

— Dick Morris

I would rather receive one percent of the income of 100 men, than 100% of the income of one man.

— J. Paul Getty

We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person who…

— Ann Romney

“Right now the top 50 percent of taxpayers pay almost 96 percent of the taxes. The top income earners--the evil top 1…

— Neal Boortz

By 2015, the top 1 percent of families took home more than 20 percent of income. Wealth distribution was 10 times worse…

— Heather Cox Richardson

I know that I pay 48 percent of my income to taxes. You know, I wouldn't mind so much if it wasn't…

— Roseanne Barr

Anyone who has followed the U.S. economy in recent years can tell you while corporate America and their wealthy executives have recovered…

— James P. Hoffa

In America, we've set up a system whereby when you take on college debt, you will never have to pay more than…

— Barack Obama

Regarding the Economy & Taxation: America's most successful achievers do pay a higher share of the total tax burden. The top one…

— Rush Limbaugh

“The latest Congressional Budget Office figures show that the top 1 percent of income earners in the United States paid 39 percent…

— Mark R. Levin

If you have to pay about forty to forty-three percent of your income for housing, you also have to pay fifteen percent…

— Michael Hudson

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

“According to our estimates, the optimal top tax rate in the developed countries is probably above 80 percent.50 Do not be misled…

— Thomas Piketty