Taxes Quotes · Page 39

When the private does well, there's revenue for the public sector.

— Jim Talent

I wonder if I can claim the Federal Government as a dependent on this year's federal taxes?

— Anonymous

Republicans will not be reduced to being the tax collectors for the Obama economy.

— Mitch McConnell

The combination of Obamacare and taxes would be a disaster.

— David A. Siegel

You don't get gushers of revenue by raising tax rates. You get it through expansion.

— George P. Shultz

Father was the most unreconciled taxpayer I ever knew.

— Gladys Taber

I believe the tax on capital gains should be zero.

— Mitt Romney

The tax system is stacked against the average taxpayer.

— Edward Kennedy

Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity.

— Anonymous

Warren Buffett's company reportedly owes the IRS a billion dollars in back taxes. When he said he wasn't paying enough taxes, he…

— Jay Leno

The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.

— Charles Schumer

Instead of giving corporations a big tax cut, let's give the middle class a real, permanent tax cut.

— Kamala Harris

[American tax laws] are constantly changing as our elected representatives seek new ways to ensure that whatever tax advice we receive is…

— Dave Barry

Simplifying and reducing the cost to develop in areas the state has designated for growth is the best way to build vibrant…

— Phil Scott

Let me tell you, the heart of my tax proposal: I will not raise taxes on the American people. I will not…

— Mitt Romney

The reality is that during the Reagan years, for instance, we doubled the amount of revenue that we were sending to Washington,…

— Mike Pence

He had a carrying, congressional sort of voice, the kind that sounded good saying things like Less of a tax burden on…

— Maggie Stiefvater

Do you realize that $150 billion of our tax money is given to the corporations, unions and wealthy people for tax breaks,…

— Doris "Granny D" Haddock

I think most people... would be glad to pay the same taxes they paid when Bill Clinton was president, if only they…

— Howard Dean

I'm a small businessman and I'm well aware of the uncertainties of the economy, exactly what the 'inflationary spiral' means when I'm…

— Harvey Milk

We say that anytime budgets are balanced and an ample savings account has been set aside, government should just stop collecting taxes.…

— Mitch Daniels

“We have nobody in Washington that sits back and says, ‘You’re not going to raise that fucking price!’” And the Chinese: “Listen,…

— Mark Halperin

Something that comes to us, some gym shoe that comes to us as a result of child labor from a brutal dictatorship,…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I would vote against raising the national debt ceiling. Again, this is about mortgaging the future of unborn generations of Americans. It's…

— Mike Lee

Every candidate running for president has got to answer the following very simple question: At a time when we need to address…

— Bernie Sanders

The IRS spends God knows how much of your tax money on these toll-free information hot lines staffed by IRS employees, whose…

— Dave Barry

I'm not shy about stating my opinion on political issues, so I can state my opinion, which is, on this one, Premier…

— Naheed Nenshi

I love listening to these guys give us lectures about debt and deficits. I inherited a trillion-dollar deficit. ... This notion that…

— Barack Obama

Trump himself stands to benefit dramatically from the tax cuts. One of the things they're cutting is the alternative minimum tax. Last…

— Keith Ellison

...in terms of business mistakes that I've seen over a long lifetime, I would say that trying to minimize taxes too much…

— Charlie Munger

In enforcement, you always have to have both a focus on the really worst actors - you know, gang bangers, in this…

— Mark Krikorian

Government intervention in the economy - through taxes, regulation and, most importantly, currency inflation - causes distortions and misallocations of capital that…

— Doug Casey

A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

— Anonymous

Governments harangue about deficits to get more revenue so they can spend more.

— Allan H. Meltzer

I strongly support tax relief for the middle class.

— Rick Larsen

Fundamental [tax] reform almost always runs the risk of making things worse.

— Dan Rostenkowski

When President George W. Bush cut taxes, he cut them for everyone.

— Ari Fleischer

When you get behind with the tax department, it's very difficult to catch up.

— Jimmy Barnes

I've never supported a wage tax and I've never supported a payroll tax.

— David Dewhurst

The death tax is unfair, inefficient, economically unsound and, frankly, immoral.

— Jon Kyl