The nation ought to have a tax system which looks like someone designed it on purpose. — William E. Simon Copy Share Image
The blame for the maddening complications of the federal tax system goes to the people with the most money — Nicholas von Hoffman Copy Share Image
If we are to create tomorrow's jobs, we can't remain frozen in time in yesterday's tax system. — Bob Taft Copy Share Image
America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Everyone wants a more simple tax system. But if this means that certain tax breaks have to be cut, people are no… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
The hardest-hit taxpayers in our disgraceful tax system are those folks who pack Trump's rallies, especially in hard-hit Rust Belt states like… — Bob Beckel Copy Share Image
A majority of Americans support Social Security and Medicare, a progressive tax system and a government that regulates business in the public… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
So we want to change the tax system. We want it to be fair, and we want to see some tax relief… — Todd Tiahrt Copy Share Image
We need a tax system that essentially takes very good care of the people who just really aren't as well adapted to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The question is: What can we, as citizens, do to reform our tax system? As you know, under our three-branch system of… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Virginia 's tax system needs to be fixed. The time to act is now. Do not send me any more studies. Do… — Mark Warner Copy Share Image
Why I've advocated a proportional tax system. You make $10 billion, you pay a billion. You make $10, you pay one. And… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Everybody gets ticked off about GE paying no taxes. Look, we have a complicated, convoluted tax system. And only big corporations and… — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image
We simply cannot continue to live with a [tax] system which has so many inequities. It must be changed in such a… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system… — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
I think we should have basically the same tax policy that Germany, Japan, the U.K., everybody else has, which is a tax… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Copy Share Image
In almost every enterprise, government has provided business with opportunities for private gain at public expense. Government nurtures private capital accumulation through… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
There's such a wide variation in tax systems around the world, it's difficult to imagine a harmonized CO2 tax that every country… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
I support both a Fair Tax and a Flat Tax plan that would dramatically streamline the tax system. A Fair Tax would… — Ralph Hall Copy Share Image
Individuals and businesses must participate in a national discussion about a simpler tax system, one that collects sufficient revenue to meet appropriate… — Mike Crapo Copy Share Image
We've got an extraordinarily complex tax system that's full of loopholes that are exploited by special interests. I'd like to see those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Building new roads and bridges creates jobs. Growing our exports creates jobs. Reforming our outdated tax system and our broken immigration system… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The United States could transform its property tax system into a progressive tax on net worth without asking permission to the rest… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
People really have to believe in their tax system. They have to believe that there is an equitable distribution of the burden,… — Richard Neal Copy Share Image
Britain needs a simpler tax system which is simple to understand, where there are no loop-holes, where the very rich do not… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Our federal tax system is, in short, utterly impossible, utterly unjust and completely counterproductive . . . [It] reeks with injustice, and is fundamentally un-American — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We need real tax reform which makes the rich and profitable corporations begin to pay their fair share of taxes. We need… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Any man of energy and initiative can get what he wants out of life. But when initiative is crippled by legislation or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition,… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
The final and best means of strengthening demand among consumers and business is to reduce the burden on private income and the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
[High income tax rates] not only check consumption but discourage investment and encourage...the avoidance of taxes [rather] than the production of goods.[...]Our… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
You also want to look at how the tax system encourages and rewards pension saving. I have set as an ambition reversing… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
I guess it's like trying to put through the flat tax, which is probably my favorite one of all… if we did… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
No one could argue with a straight face that the couples getting married today are much happier just because their wedding celebrations… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
We don't need new taxes. We need new taxpayers, people that are gainfully employed, making money and paying into the tax system.… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image