Obama called on Americans to have more grandchildren. Probably so there's more of them to pay off our debt. — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
If you get up early, work late, and pay your taxes, you will get ahead -- if you strike oil. — J. Paul Getty Copy Share Image
I pay tax, and I pay federal tax, too. But I have a write-off, a lot of it's depreciation, which is a… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The best scheme of finance is, to spend as little as possible; and the best tax is always the lightest. — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary. — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
People's taxes spent on servicing our national debt, instead of funding public services. This isn't just a waste - it's also a… — Liz Kendall Copy Share Image
The rich have grown richer, but their tax rate has declined. The poor have grown poorer, but their taxes have increased. — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Government has a habit of blaming the private sector for its own failings while taking credit for advances we in fact owe… — Thomas Woods Copy Share Image
I think the effect of having a net worth tax would take people that are starting companies and say, I'm not going… — Michael G. Rubin Copy Share Image
Zealous groups threaten to infringe civil liberties when they seek government support to impose their own religious views on nonadherents. This has… — Norman Dorsen Copy Share Image
Here's the perversity of Wall Street's psychology: The more Wall Street is convinced that Washington will act rationally and raise the debt… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
Having won re-election convincingly and against the economic odds, President Obama quickly made good on his promise of maintaining taxes as they… — Kevin O'Leary Copy Share Image
It turns out a VAT - a value-added tax - is a very easy tax to collect and a very hard tax… — T.R. Reid Copy Share Image
In order to truly get deficit spending and federal debt under control, the Trump administration is going to have to eventually address… — Katie Pavlich Copy Share Image
We were promised we could keep our healthcare plans. We were promised that Obamacare would not raise middle class taxes. Instead, the… — Ronna McDaniel Copy Share Image
My heart is a weatherballoon caught in an updraft of a chinese tax percentage, the tax percentages are unequivocaaaaaaaaaal, Unequivocaaaaaaaaal. This is… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I decided that if nobody else was going to do anything to rectify this colossal inequity in taxation, I'd have to do… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I do think that Republicans are flirting with their tax cut, which has always been the narcotic of Republicans, that they in… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
In the eyes of many business leaders, there is never an opportune moment for tax reform. Yes, the economy is losing momentum,… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
Donald Trump participated in something known as the empty box scam. He bought $65,000 worth of jewelry from Bulgari across the street… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Conservatives in general, and even so called Tea Party conservatives, are not against transportation spending. Indeed, interstate commerce is one purpose of… — Barry Loudermilk Copy Share Image
The history of the welfare state is the history of public enterprise pushing out private organization. The impact was largely unintentional, but… — Doug Bandow Copy Share Image
Land taxes is the thing. They got so high that there is no chance to make anything. Not only land but all… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
So get this. On 9/11, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's hometown was attacked by the worst terrorist attack in the history of… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
The purpose of a tax cut is to leave more money where it belongs: in the hands of the working men and… — Bob Dole Copy Share Image
Almost everyone agrees that corporate tax rates need to be cut because of global competition. Companies should not be able to stash… — James B. Stewart Copy Share Image
Between income taxes and employment taxes, capital gains taxes, estate taxes, corporate taxes, property taxes, Social Security taxes, we're being taxed to… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
The same government that requires a taxpaying citizen to document every statement on his tax return decrees that questioning a welfare applicant… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I'm paying more taxes inside my company and personally than I'll ever receive from Congress. — Markwayne Mullin Copy Share Image
Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did. — Walter F. Mondale Copy Share Image
I have always maintained that if a program is to be successful, it must... be voluntary... based on need and must not… — Thruston Ballard Morton Copy Share Image
Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs. — Andrew Mellon Copy Share Image
Reckless spending created Pres. Biden's inflation bonfire, and the mounting debt is putting everyone's future at risk. — Jon Husted Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is it's very reasonable to ask the wealthiest estates to pay their share. We did that since… — Chris Van Hollen Copy Share Image
The stimulus is our bridge over troubled waters. And if it's invested well, it'll generate a lot of economic growth, and we'll… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
[I]n framing a Government for a nation we ought, in those provisions which are designed to be permanent, to calculate not on… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
We have to say to the billionaire class, enough is enough. You cannot have it all. You are going to pay more… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
A balanced program for tax reform based upon the common sense idea of lowering taxes out of surplus revenues. — Andrew Mellon Copy Share Image
Any substantial tax reform would involve substantial redistributions of tax burdens and substantial changes in asset values, and you need some 'lubrication'… — Robert Reischauer Copy Share Image
The requisitions of the income tax have added greatly to the attractions of mercenary crime. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image