If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather… — Walter Lang Copy Share Image
In time of this grave national danger, when all excess income should go to win the war, no American citizen ought to… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
New taxes are so unpopular that most 'social' handout schemes are originally enacted without enough increased taxation to pay for them. The… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Everybody gets ticked off about GE paying no taxes. Look, we have a complicated, convoluted tax system. And only big corporations and… — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image
When I'm writing in long hand, it just goes on and on and on. When I was in the saloon business, I… — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
We cannot have a full economic recovery, we cannot ensure the security of this country, while the states are in the midst… — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
What we've been hearing over and over again is that the reason Republicans are opposed to the surtax is because of the… — Susan Collins Copy Share Image
The whole - it's the economy's bad. It's bad for everybody. I have my own comedy club. I opened it three years… — Jon Lovitz Copy Share Image
The only way to reduce our national debt is to grow the economy and cut spending. We have no idea how our… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Taxes aren't the way to go. They'd strangle the economy; you wouldn't create the wealth. And nothing squanders money as well as… — John Caudwell Copy Share Image
Wrestling is a lot like any other workplace. You don't really talk religion or politics. But we are all independent contractors, so… — Kane Copy Share Image
The income tax has spawned an intrusive bureaucracy, creating so much complexity and red tape that millions of ordinary citizens have to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
On the IRS website, they claim to be one of the world's most efficient tax administrators. The IRS officials might know how… — Mercedes Schlapp Copy Share Image
California's Depression-era lawmakers, who created our sales, use and personal income tax laws, thought it was wrong to double-tax goods and services.… — Michelle Steel Copy Share Image
See, when the GOVERNMENT spends money, it creates jobs; whereas when the money is left in the hands of TAXPAYERS, God only… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
If you look at countries like South Africa, where you had a black majority, there have been efforts to tax and help… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I did 12 shows in 13 weeks at a summer theater in Maine where we were paid $35 a week. After taxes… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
But the point of a progressive revenue tax is that you create incentives both for breakups, you penalize the acquisitions, and you… — Paul Romer Copy Share Image
In the long run, lawmakers should keep in mind that tax rates are far from the only reason a rich person might… — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle on a taxed road; and… — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
In 1993, as House Democratic Leader, I led the fight to pass the Clinton-Gore economic plan - a plan designed to slash… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
After saying the jobs bill is paid for, President Obama now says that it will be paid for by raising taxes over… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
If there were one who lived wholly without the use of money, the State itself would hesitate to demand it of him.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Is this money well spent? This is taxpayer money, it is going to be adding to the deficit short term and if… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Nothing is more calculated to make a demagogue popular than a constantly reiterated demand for heavy taxes on the rich. Capital levies… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
If I had the day off and knew everyone else was voting, I wouldn't miss it. It would become a routine part… — Adam Grant Copy Share Image
Obama made his no-new-taxes pledge over and over again four years ago as he campaigned. Not only has he repeatedly and blatantly… — Bob Beauprez Copy Share Image
Everything we do is escapism, because we'll all be dead and everything we do is completely meaningless. Why brush your teeth? Why… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
The government can't create jobs; they'll destroy jobs trying to do it. The government doesn't have any money; all they have is… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Professor Eric Zolt of UCLA, said to me, "The VAT is such a good idea, mark my words, within five years, the… — T.R. Reid Copy Share Image
The United States needs a much more progressive tax-and-transfer infrastructure, given how dramatically inequality has increased. But not every single policy needs… — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
I'm not looking to cut massive taxes and to reduce the...the revenues going to the government. My...my number-one principal is, there will… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
You have a sense that [Donald] Trump will probably reimagine where the Republican Party is on that issue and some others. But… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
If your Income Taxes go to help out the less fortunate, there could be no legitimate kick against it in the world.… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The estate taxes, on balance, are good. They get people to give money to charity, and they prevent these family dynasties which… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
The social and racial conflict, which springs from the redistribution ideology, may deepen as economic output is shrinking and transfer 'entitlements cause… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
Only the federal government has the power to spend beyond its current revenue. It shouldn't do that when the economy is at… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
In 1848, Thoreau went to jail for refusing, as a protest against the Mexican war, to pay his poll tax. When RW… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image