Tax Quotes · Page 11

Everybody should pay some tax, just as everybody should vote.

— Amity Shlaes

Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position.

— Bill Gates

We need a tax code that propels businesses to success rather than punishing them for their success.

— Kay Ivey

If I have to do my tax online, the government should pay for my Internet hook-up, darling.

— Craig Revel Horwood

We need to continue to make the Missouri tax code simple and fair.

— Mike Parson

Tax rates should never be raised in some brackets without being raised in all brackets.

— Bradley A. Smith

I think the first thing we should do is abolish the income tax.

— Subramanian Swamy

We believe our hard-earned tax dollars should just go for America, not, for what? China, Russia, the Middle East, Guam, whatever, wherever.

— Marjorie Taylor Greene

I am committed to expanding the Child Tax Credit, cutting taxes for Texans that make under $400,000 and doing so in a…

— Colin Allred

I'm not a financial expert. The Robin Hood tax seems to me a very simple and beautiful idea. I don't see the…

— Bill Nighy

“Because of the power that we have given money: The government would rather have taxpayers who do not vote, than voters who…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Corporate tax dodging impacts us across generations and over time. It is corrosive. It is unethical. It is unsustainable.

— James P. Hoffa

Broaden the tax base, close loopholes and flatten the tax rates - all of which would bring more revenue stability and certitude…

— David Harsanyi

Get rid of the preferences and the special deductions and the loopholes... and invest in getting the tax rate to a competitive…

— Randall L. Stephenson

Nobody should be allowed to fund political parties unless they pay at least 30% tax on all income above the median wage.…

— Guy Standing

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

Many tax experts say a key element to any fundamental overhaul is getting rid of certain deductions for businesses - the 'special-interest…

— James B. Stewart

The U.S. have printed money; they intend to tax the rich in order to avoid the fiscal cliff. These are things that…

— Alexis Tsipras

In providing this $5,000 tax credit for those purchasing rural homes, we're offering an important incentive to encourage people to live in…

— John M. McHugh

It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regulations, but for…

— Campbell Newman

When George W. Bush became president, Republicans authorized a series of massive tax cuts that ballooned the federal deficit and worsened income…

— Neera Tanden

There are several reasons to oppose tax increases. First, every dollar of tax increase is a dollar you didn't get in spending…

— Grover Norquist

More than 1.1 million taxpayers in Pennsylvania will enjoy a lower tax rate, more than 1.4 million married couples will benefit from…

— Tim Murphy

Working families need daily access to affordable, quality early education and childcare, not just an annual tax break for wealthier families.

— Michelle Wu

In 2001, Republicans used reconciliation to pass President Bush's $1.35 trillion tax cut that mainly benefited the wealthy.

— Bernie Sanders

Why do tax havens exist? Because rich countries allow them to. If the U.S. came down on tax havens in the same…

— Ha-Joon Chang

There is one funding suggestion that should be part of any transportation discussion, but most people don't want to talk about it…

— Michael Capuano

The notion that a company would give up on this nation to get a tax break isn't going to sit well with…

— Dick Durbin

While the wealthiest families completely benefit from the tax cuts targeted towards the upper brackets, middle-income families were hit with the unwelcome…

— Tim Bishop

We did the two-year extension of Bush tax cuts in 2010. We negotiated the Budget Control Act in August of 2011 and…

— Mitch McConnell

If the tax loop holes that allow tax avoidance were shut down, it would go some way to sorting out our finances,…

— Chuka Umunna

I am and will remain a tax resident in France and in this regard I will, like all French people, fulfill my…

— Bernard Arnault

I am in agreement with income-tax protesters that the tax, as commonly applied, is unconstitutional, unfair, and immoral.

— G. Edward Griffin

My only concern about art collaborations is that I never thought of myself as an Artist. My tax forms say Musician/Songwriter.

— Sufjan Stevens

The clearest way to cut some of this fiscal drag would be to extend the current payroll tax holiday and increase it…

— Mark Zandi

Moviemakers are rewarded with tax write-offs if, when seeking a location that looks like America, they seek it in America.

— P. J. O'Rourke

We need to stop kicking the can down the road and rethink our entire tax system toward long-term, comprehensive tax reform.

— Brad Schneider

At a time of immense pressure on public finances, every tax break has to be carefully considered and fully justified.

— Rachel Reeves

The important thing about tax reform is you make the tax code less complicated, easier for people to understand.

— Grover Norquist

The stagflation of the 1970s blessed us with damaging wage and price controls and the utterly counterintuitive supply-side notion - famously drawn…

— Steven Rattner