Taxes Quotes · Page 57

Never thought I'd see the day when Death was denied. That leaves taxes as the only certainty.

— Piers Anthony

“I find it insane to say, "Work hard," when the harder you work, the more you pay in taxes... Crazy.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

For all the taxes they take out of my paycheck the government should at least send me a picture of the ghetto…

— Jessica

I think the latest estimates were that we have about 250,000 millionaires and billionaires. President Obama wants to increase their taxes 13 percent.

— Joe Walsh

Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is-I'm not sure 80 percent of the people get the death tax. I know…

— George W. Bush

I live in Portland now. It's beautiful from day one. The Food and the beer, and no sales tax. Get your iPad…

— David Giuntoli

I've been paying a lot of money in state income taxes, and I've been happy to do it, but when this last…

— Tom Golisano

My purpose in life always has been to avoid work. And I hear these people saying, "I work hard and I pay…

— Malachy McCourt

Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that…

— Adam McKay

For 60 years, Social Security has meant more than an ID number on a tax form; more than a monthly check in…

— William J. Clinton

To be sure, the Fair Tax is a big idea. However, I believe America was built on big ideas, and I was…

— Rob Woodall

What Democrats haven't focused on are the kind of policies that would promote economic growth - such as making permanent the 2001/2003…

— Bob Beauprez

Today, if you're an American business, you actually get a benefit for going overseas. You get to defer your taxes. So if…

— John F. Kerry

The tax that is taken from the free non-Muslim subjects of a Muslim government whereby they ratify the compact that assures them…

— Edward William Lane

Watch out Mr. Bush! With the exception of economic policy and energy policy and social issues and tax policy and foreign policy…

— Tom Toles

People are tired of wasteful government programs and welfare chiselers, and they are angry about the constant spiral of taxes and government…

— Ronald Reagan

I found Viola Desmond was the first woman whose case was taken up in the courts, and it wasn't that she tried…

— Constance Backhouse

The not-quite-sort-of lie works here too - often an ad will announce that "Congressman Johnson voted for a bill that gave tax…

— James Lileks

“Death duties in Harcourt’s time were a comparatively modest 8 percent on estates valued at £1 million or more, but they proved…

— Bill Bryson

You don't want atheism shoved down your throat? OK. We will stock knocking on doors spreading our 'Truth,' and having tax-exempt organizations…

— David G. McAfee

I thought you liberals cared about people, but here you're perfectly content to get them addicted to tobacco and make them pay…

— Rush Limbaugh

[Donald] Trump and all the Republicans believe in the theory of trickle down economics which is a theory discredited even by the…

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

I am thankful for... the taxes I pay because it means that I am employed, the clothes that fit a little too…

— Anonymous

So, what people are actually left with to spend is maybe 25 to 30% of their income on goods and services, after…

— Michael Hudson

Our youth [with their overwhelming support of Obama] are voting for a permanent tax on their life

— Dennis Prager

Taxes are way too complicated, and people spend way too much time worrying about ways to get them lower.

— Steve Mnuchin

If Wall Street paid a tax on every “game” they run, we would get enough revenue to run the government on.

— Will Rogers

Now this is a way to approach our healthcare problems: increase the number of tax collectors and decrease the number of doctors…

— Charles Krauthammer

Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all.

— Thomas Sowell

A Democratic president should propose a major permanent tax reduction on the middle class and working class. I suspect most of the…

— Robert Reich

If we want a stronger, cleaner, and fairer world economy, we need to deal with the controversial areas of globalisation, such as…

— Jose Angel Gurria

As I went about with my father, when he collected taxes, I knew that when taxes were laid someone had to work…

— Calvin Coolidge

If there can be three certain things in life, instead of two, it might be death, taxes, and data.

— Clara Shih

No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of…

— Calvin Coolidge

65% of people say that cheating on your income tax is worse than cheating on your spouse. The other 35% were women.

— Jay Leno

Without the triggers, that tax cut is irreponsible fiscal policy. Eventually, I think that will be the consensus view.

— Alan Greenspan

I think that Governor Romney operates on the capital gains tax, his investments, what he lives off of instead of doing it…

— Allen West

“nothing can be more reasonable, than that slaves and flatterers should exact the same taxes on all below them, which they themselves…

— Henry Fielding

I think we have to be very sensitive to our need to compete, moving forward, and a lot of that is tied…

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

In a perfect world we would bring corporate tax rates down to 25% or less so we can get competitive in the…

— Eric Cantor