Citizenship in the 21st century requires more than paying your taxes and voting and occasionally running for office. That even if you're… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
[I] wish that the land-tax went a little more according to situation than it does. 'Tis really ridiculous, how one has to… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
I think liberals should accept that if we want big programs that significantly reduce inequality - and we should - it's going… — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
My taxes alone keep eight lawyers busy, and when I finally get my money, it's only one-third of what I earn. With… — Robert Shaw Copy Share Image
A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes,… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Let's take the nine states that have no income tax and compare them with the nine states with the highest income tax… — Arthur Laffer Copy Share Image
Sugary drinks are blamed for increasing the rates of chronic disease and obesity in America. Yet efforts to reduce their consumption through… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Interest groups are not the same as individuals. Through false nostalgia for the New Deal, you are taking the younger generation hostage.… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Corporations can't have it both ways. They can't tell Americans how much they want us to buy their products, but then run… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Many people think that the U.S. is ahead in the frontier technology sectors as a result of private sector entrepreneurship. It's not.… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
No government can guarantee security. It can only tax production, distribution and service and gradually crush the power to pay taxes. That… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
When the period arrives - come when it may - that this government will be compelled to resort to internal taxes for… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The financial crisis just made the hole deeper, which is why our stimulus needs to be both big and smart, both financially… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
“new method of taxing people with their faults has not only retained but magnified its own faults. It tells only one side… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
And fifth, we will champion small businesses, America's engine of job growth. That means reducing taxes on business, not raising them. It… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
There's 6 million people living in poverty today, more than when Barack Obama got elected. 6.5 million people are working part-time, most… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
And quit bringing up our forefathers and saying they were civil libertarians. Our founding fathers would have never tolerated any of this… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
Evolutionism is a religious world view that is not supported by science, Scripture, popular opinion, or common sense. The exclusive teaching of… — Kent Hovind Copy Share Image
However, before we make the mistake of patting ourselves on the back, let's remember: government does not create jobs. It only helps… — Bob Riley Copy Share Image
“Teach me about some taxes. Why didn't nobody teach me about taxes on TV? Why don't nobody teach us about none of… — Brandon McCartney Copy Share Image
After ensuring border security, I then would normalize the status of 11 million undocumented citizens so they can join the work force… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
They say death and taxes are the only things that are inevitable. The truth is, you can not pay your taxes. I've… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I think when ordinary working people come home, turn on the TV and see a gala of a bunch of people at,… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think we should, as the public sector or politicians, stop creating an illusion that it is the public sector that drives… — Alexander Stubb Copy Share Image
Social Security may be the most beloved of all the government's programs, partly because it requires so little thinking. You pay taxes… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
President [Barack] Obama's staking his reelection hopes on rebuilding America's middle class. He wants higher taxes on the wealthy, tougher rules on… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
Of course, with agriculture came the first big civilizations, the first cities built of mud and brick, the first empires. And it… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
We need to work together, on a bipartisan basis, to create new jobs, increase job training, enact real and substantive middle class… — Ruben Hinojosa Copy Share Image
I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Every family in America knows they have to do a budget. Every small business in America knows they have to do a… — John Boehner Copy Share Image
We just watched this budget debacle right? Seventy-three percent of Americans want to tax the rich. Why can't the politicians respond to… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
The president's grand experiment in trickle-down government has held back rather than sped economic recovery. He seems to sincerely believe we can… — Mitch Daniels Copy Share Image
Did you know that they introduced the 15 percent flat tax on individual and corporate income in Iraq? Something that some politicians… — Juan Cole Copy Share Image
It's not Apple's fault that they're seeking to avoid paying taxes. They're not lying, cheating or stealing. They're following the rules that… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Here's the truth. The proposed top rate of income tax is not 50 per cent. It is 50 per cent plus 1.5… — Andrew Lloyd Webber Copy Share Image
Our government is deeply disordered; its credit is impaired; its debt increasing; its expenditures extravagant and wasteful; its disbursements without efficient accountability;… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
I think it's absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable, and for me, the best analogy is… — Erskine Bowles Copy Share Image
The [Barack] Obama administration, from the time they've come in, is over 230 years' worth of debt, and he's topped it. He's… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I have said repeatedly I do want to take longer to eliminate the deficit than the other parties. Because I want to… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
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