To be able to compete, we've got to improve our education system, our litigation environment, our tax code, our health system and… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
It's good to pay high taxes - you have free schools, free universities. It's a much more decent society than those where… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
That's an important Obama accomplishment: he raised taxes back to Bill Clinton levels, and made a major dent in inequality doing so.… — Jonathan Chait Copy Share Image
The argument that any income redistribution is tantamount to socialism, and that socialism has always been unAmerican, has helped legitimise keeping taxes… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
“One who does a thing in order to avoid a monetary penalty does not agree; he yields to compulsion precisely the same… — George Sutherland Copy Share Image
The problems of health care can be solved if we stop giving tax cuts to those who have the most, and start… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Innovations in science and technology are the engines of the 21st-century economy; if you care about the wealth and health of your… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
According to the Tax Foundation, taxes now consume more than 38% of the average family's budget. That is more than is spent… — Daniel J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
Government spending is being restrained, the economy is making progress and moving forward, and the pro-growth, tax cutting policies put in place… — Bill Shuster Copy Share Image
We're going to start making things again in America. As part of our plan to bring back our jobs, we're going to… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
What's hurting the U.S. economy is total government spending. The deficit is an indicator that the government is spending so much money… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
South Africa does not have a poverty problem. Poverty is a result of denialism of the way corruption taxes poor people, the… — Mamphela Ramphele Copy Share Image
When done right - or wrong, depending on how you look at it - deficits remove liberal options from the table. Suddenly… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
We must end the iniquitous multi-taxing of the same money. It is not right to tax people's incomes, then their savings on… — Liam Fox 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
I'll tell you what the fair tax does, it empowers the consumer and it lets people have their whole paycheck and it… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
We all want a simpler code, but tax reform is about much more. It is about ensuring that everyone pays their fair… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Native Americans are not and must not be props in a sort of theme park of the past, where we go to… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
Our domestic problems are for the most part economic. We have our enormous debt to pay, and we are paying it. We… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
You can't say British Columbia's carbon tax is exactly the same as increasing hydroelectricity rates in another province. They're very different mechanisms,… — Christy Clark Copy Share Image
If we're going to have a strong and dynamic economy in the years ahead, we need to tackle some of the structural… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
I'm one of the few people up here who actually believes that we need a level playing field when it comes to… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
My feeling is this whole country is founded on the principle of 'if you are not hurting anyone, and you're not fucking… — Adam Carolla Copy Share Image
Pick a profession that will give you enough money to give you economic freedom. It is nice to pick a career that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If taxpayers want to keep more of the money they earn, they must also work to become less dependent on a government… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
I know firsthand that immigrants make enormous contributions to our nation, but I also know that we need to secure our borders… — Tammy Duckworth Copy Share Image
The Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg and others, exactly. We have to take a close look at their tax regimes, particularly if we want… — Wolfgang Kubicki Copy Share Image
Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Sometimes we listen to too many commentators about things that don't affect their lives because they're in a different tax bracket. Or… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
'The Committee has identified eight senior leaders who were in a position to prevent or to stop the IRS's targeting of conservative… — Patrick Howley Copy Share Image
All those predictions about how much economic growth will be created by this, all of those new jobs, would be created by… — Anthony Weiner Copy Share Image
When government gets too big, freedom is lost. Government is supposed to be the servant. But when a government can tax the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Once you realize that trickle-down economics does not work, you will see the excessive tax cuts for the rick as what they… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to public confidence in elections in this case is the prospect of enforcing a purposefully discriminatory law, one that… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
The death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner. It is also an… — Ric Keller Copy Share Image
G.E. doesn't pay any taxes, and we are asking college kids to take on even more debt to get an education and… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Republicans drove us into debt with two wars and the Bush tax cuts. Now they want to pay for that debt with… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
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