One man should not be afraid of improving his posessions, lest they be taken away from him, or another deterred by high… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the reason I want to increase these taxes on the top 1%, the most profitable corporations, is to increase quality of… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share Image
It is an inconvenience, being located in a city where taxes are ludicrously high, where you pay twice your annual income to… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I think that, you know, this is a different year than most years. We've got to tell the American people that we… — Ken Buck Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with paying taxes; they should be paid in proportion to how rich you are. This idea that you're going… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
A minuscule 4 percent of funds produce market-beating after-tax results with a scant 0.6 percent (annual) margin of gain. The 96 percent… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
“I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
Whenever government assumed responsibility for the security, welfare, and prosperity of citizens, the costs of government rise beyond the point where it… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
You look at the U.S. budget deficit, and you cannot help but feel that this is a serious accident waiting to happen.… — Charles Dallara Copy Share Image
Budget deficits are not caused by wild-eyed spenders, but by slow economic growth and periodic recessions. And any new recession would break… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We are all used to paying a sales tax when we buy things - almost 9 percent here in New York City.… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
The day after Republicans won solid majorities in the House and Senate, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader-to-be Mitch McConnell… — Cleta Mitchell Copy Share Image
The [Donald] Trump plan would increase the national debt a little over a $1 trillion a year, the Trump plan would reduce… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
My own feeling is that one should refuse to participate in any activity that implements American aggression - thus tax refusal, draft… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Those on the downside of rising economic inequality generally do not want government policies that look like handouts. They typically do not… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
I regularly read Internet user groups filled with messages from people trying to solve software incompatibility problems that, in terms of complexity,… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I think if there was an ISP tax of some sort, we can say to the consumer, 'All music is now available… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
We do not have a revenue problem in D.C. or this county. We have a prioritization problem. When you create the priorities… — Tim Scott Copy Share Image
The other thing that's really important in tax reform is making sure that we don't tax American businesses at much higher tax… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
The curious thing is Americans don't mind individual mandates when they come in the form of payroll taxes to buy mandatory public… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Our broken tax code is one of the main reasons the United States lags behind when it comes to economic growth, job… — Kevin Brady Copy Share Image
Taxation, for example, is eternally lively; it concerns nine-tenths of us more directly than either smallpox or golf, and has just as… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The middle classes shouldn’t be getting tax cuts, while those in tough, poorly paid jobs, who are already running out of money… — Tim Montgomerie Copy Share Image
Every two weeks, I'd get a small pay-check and notice the line where federal and state income taxes were deducted from my… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I think that [Barack Obama] does say something that's - that is telling on that score, when he talks about the [George… — Ron Suskind Copy Share Image
Health care is still the number-one issue out there. Someone who seizes it, I think, will do very well in an election.… — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
The rationale for eliminating the alternative minimum tax is that such a backup system should not be necessary if the tax code… — James B. Stewart Copy Share Image
I genuinely believe if we get the chance to do something in Sydney, the people of Australia will win out of that… — James Packer Copy Share Image
For a generation and more, the government has sought to meet our needs by multiplying its bureaucracy. Washington has taken too much… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
So on the demand side [for energy], there have been a variety of policies that globally have been way over $50 billion… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The federal budget deficit isn't the nation's major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldn't be our major goal. Our problem is lack… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I mean I get loads of money, all from different sources. You give it to your accountant. They manage it. But you… — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
“The expenses of government, having for their object the interests of all, should be borne by every one, and the more a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads.… — Jim Ryun Copy Share Image
Corporate tax reform is nice in theory but tough in practice. It most likely requires lower tax rates and the closing of… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under taxes and frauds and maladministrations so… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
Liberty ... was a two-headed boon. There was first, the liberty of the people as a whole to determine the forms of… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I realize what it means to be financially comfortable, and I want to be that. But I'm lucky enough to be in… — David Duval Copy Share Image
Increased revenues, meaning higher taxes, will be a central element of any successful long-term budget plan, and President Obama is right to… — Steven Rattner Copy Share Image
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