In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
The tax money belongs to the taxpayers. It doesn't belong to the bureaucracy. And government is not a welfare system. — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
The legal right of a taxpayer to decrease the amount of what otherwise would be his taxes, or altogether avoid them, by… — George Sutherland Copy Share Image
“energized and emboldened delegates of the Third Estate, the “99 percent”—in reality, closer to 96 percent—of the French population who paid the… — Tom Reiss 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
You can't be evangelical and associate yourself with Jesus and what he says about the poor and just have no other domestic… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
No matter how much the private sector crows that corporate tax breaks will lead to more jobs or robust economic activity, such… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget. — Tom DeLay Copy Share Image
After almost 50 years in which federal spending averaged about 20 percent of GDP, Joe Sestak and Nancy Pelosi took federal spending… — Pat Toomey Copy Share Image
There's one big difference between me and the others - I won't take every last dime of the surplus and spend it… — John McCain Copy Share Image
I think that the best things that governments can do for productivity is not whack on new taxes and, if we can… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
I forget what the relevant American rate is, but I can tell you that our goal is to have a combined federal-provincial… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
Economic growth is our North Star. Anyone who suggests we can just cut our way to prosperity isn't being honest. Anyone who… — Wes Moore Copy Share Image
I don't believe there's a red state in America where people believe you should cut Medicare, Social Security and veterans' benefits rather… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The way to connect with voters on the plan is to simply give the facts. Fifty per cent of taxpayers pay 97… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
Put simply, the rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they don't pay a lot… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
I am not brave enough to not pay my income tax and risk going to jail. But I can say rather freely… — Corita Kent Copy Share Image
I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a… — Sadie Frost Copy Share Image
One has to try to develop one's inner feelings, which can be done simply by training one's mind. This is a priceless… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Taxes are indeed very heavy - We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness. Three times as much by our Pride.… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Tax revenue should not come at the expense of Minnesota workers and Minnesota companies, and I am on a mission to make… — Dean Phillips Copy Share Image
Charlie Rangel was writing laws on our taxes as chair of the Ways and Means Committee while somehow neglecting to pay his… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom. — Ralph Hall Copy Share Image
All the evidence here, for example, in Britain, is that migrants, particularly from the rest of Europe, who come here contribute far… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
One way to have broader access to wealth is to reduce the tax on the large group and increase the tax on… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Taxes shouldn't be higher; they should be fairer. We must be a party that's disciplined. We must make tough choices. — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
Imagine how quickly Americans would demand lower taxes & spending if they had to write the federal government a check each month — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we can't just keep doubling our national debt every eight years. We have got to get that under control and not… — Ron Estes Copy Share Image
In the liberal imagination, the money is the government's by default, and the president and Congress determine through the tax code how… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
I currently live independently without any funded support. I'm educated, and I'm employed. I enjoy paying my taxes and contributing to the… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
Labour want to control all parts of the economy and society so that they can pursue the politics of envy. It would… — Liz Truss Copy Share Image
My business is the enforcement of the tax laws and the integrity of the tax code and making sure that trustees of… — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
“For Madison, on the other hand, “a Public Debt is a Public curse,” and “in a Representative Government greater than in any… — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
Americans of all ages are earning less than they did two decades ago when adjusted for inflation. Yet they’re paying more in… — Simon Black Copy Share Image
We spend millions of hours doing taxes and spend so much money doing our taxes. It should be very simple. — Gary Cohn Copy Share Image
If [a United States Supreme Court Justice is] in the doghouse with the Chief [Justice], he gets the crud. He gets the… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
The whole tax code should be looked at, all the way from farm subsidies to carried interest to - to corporate loopholes,… — Stephen Pagliuca Copy Share Image
Country is run by... financial powers & corporate interests [who] send their lawyers to Congress to make laws so that they don't… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I mean I imagine I could have done a better job with keeping my paperwork and paying my taxes. For the most… — Matt Sydal Copy Share Image
High tax rates that people don't actually pay do not bring the government as much revenue as lower tax rates that they… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
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