“Then, instead of relying on income and property taxes to fund the government and the nation’s war mobilization, planners suggested that it… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
I used to be a retailer, and I find it discouraging when somebody comes in and they pick something up and they… — Michael Enzi Copy Share Image
Some years down the pike, we're going to get the real solution, which is going to be a combination of death panels… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
I live in Portland now. It's beautiful from day one. The Food and the beer, and no sales tax. Get your iPad… — David Giuntoli Copy Share Image
A lot of Americans think they got a tax cut, and they didn't because their local property tax went up, their excise… — Senator John Kerry Copy Share Image
New Hampshire has always been cheap, mean, rural, small-minded, and reactionary. It's one of the few states in the nation with neither… — Alexander Theroux Copy Share Image
Seen in the context of Donald Trump having committed sales tax fraud in the past, which is indisputable, I think that it's… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
We are all used to paying a sales tax when we buy things - almost 9 percent here in New York City.… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
“Does the flat tax work?...The flat tax works in a country that is a former Communist state, with no investment capital, and… — T.R. Reid Copy Share Image
Eastern Washington families and businesses should be able to deduct every penny of state and local sales tax they pay throughout the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Aasking a billionaire to pay at least as much as his secretary in taxes? Most Americans would call that common sense. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The sales tax, excise and property registration departments are all more eager to collect cash in their drawers than to collect for… — Sucheta Dalal Copy Share Image
The 'Main Street' retailers ... see customers come to the store to locate items ... only to leave and order the items… — John McCain Copy Share Image
With all due respect to Speaker Hastert, trying to eliminate the IRS by adopting a national retail sales tax is a very… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
One measure for promoting both stability and fairness across financial market segments is a small sales tax on all financial transactions -… — Robert Pollin Copy Share Image
I really like the idea of consumption tax, and most countries have a pretty serious consumption tax. It's called a value-added tax… — T.R. Reid Copy Share Image
Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001. — Bill Delahunt Copy Share Image
One measure for promoting both stability and fairness across financial market segments is a small sales tax on all financial transactions. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
California's Depression-era lawmakers, who created our sales, use and personal income tax laws, thought it was wrong to double-tax goods and services.… — Michelle Steel Copy Share Image
It is easier to start taxes than to stop them. A tax an inch long can easily become a yard long. That… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
The ability to defend yourself is a basic necessity like food and water. We exempt food and water from the sales tax. — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
Portland is a really great city, especially because I'm a shopper and there's no sales tax! That really adds up so fast,… — Bitsie Tulloch Copy Share Image
A consumption tax, a national sales tax makes some sense. But I think that if we move towards a Fair Tax, if… — Ken Buck Copy Share Image
Brick and mortar businesses - and the communities that depend on them - cannot continue to bear an unfair sales tax burden… — Bill Delahunt Copy Share Image
In 1848, Karl Marx said, a progressive income tax is needed to transfer wealth and power to the state. Thus, Marx's Communist… — James Traficant Copy Share Image
