The liberals who demanded equality of taxation on behalf of the poor, for instance, did not imagine that they would obtain progressive… — Vilfredo Pareto Copy Share Image
Progressive taxation of income and profits means that precisely those parts of the income which people would have saved and invested are… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The necessaries of life occasion the great expense of the poor. They find it difficult to get food, and the greater part… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Taxes are necessary. But the system of discriminatory taxation universally accepted under the misleading name of progressive taxation of income and inheritance… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The U.S. is the country that invented progressive taxation of income and of inherited wealth in the 1910s and '20s. — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
The philosophy underlying the system of progressive taxation is that the income and wealth of the well-to-do classes can be freely tapped.… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
For a very small expence the public can facilitate, can encourage, and can even impose upon almost the whole body of the… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
I believe in a graduated income tax on big fortunes, and in . . . a graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“One $7 million advertising campaign ran this advertisement: “When you die, the IRS can bury your family in crippling tax bills. It… — Ray D. Madoff Copy Share Image
