...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 Copy Share Image
Your tax dollars are being used to pay for grade school classes that teach our children that CANNIBALISM, WIFE-SWAPPING, and the MURDER… — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
When I became finance minister in 1991, I discovered that the wealth tax rates income - there was taxation on wealth. It… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
My second biggest mistake in life, for which I have no one to blame but myself, is having accepted payments in cash… — Brian Mulroney Copy Share Image
No animal on the face of the earth could conceive of taxation. You and I work roughly six months a year to… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to… — Eric Cantor Copy Share Image
With all due respect to Speaker Hastert, trying to eliminate the IRS by adopting a national retail sales tax is a very… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
Why is it that half of the households in America pay zero income tax? We need some real tax reform. — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
Maybe you know it but it's not so easy to finance movies in total. And the reason I am able to do… — Uwe Boll Copy Share Image
Don't get me wrong, I am a proud Republican, and I want to support my party. I am a firm believer in… — David Schweikert Copy Share Image
OK, so this pack - tax package includes about 50 tax breaks. None of them are new. They were all existing tax… — Susan Davis Copy Share Image
Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter. — Tom Daschle Copy Share Image
Rich people always have a certain degree of debt. Apparently it helps to reduce taxes. I'm not so hot on the bean-counting… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
The pandering and ignorance-across-party-lines represented by the John McCain-Hillary Clinton united front for a temporary reduction in the gasoline tax should make… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
The estate tax has been a disaster. First of all it's double taxation, some people could even say it's triple taxation. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Anyone who's ever filed a tax return or visited the Department of Motor Vehicles understands that government does two things well: spend… — Edwin Feulner Copy Share Image
I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back. Thomas… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
The problem is government spends too much. So raising taxes is what politicians do, instead of reducing spending. — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
This Iraq war has been the most "privatized" war in America's history. It has seen the most extensive use of contractors. The… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Hollywood's schizophrenia over guns is matched only by their attitude toward taxes. Ever wonder why they film in Vancouver so often? It… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
All it takes is Harry Reid saying a friend told him [Mitt] Romney hadn't paid his taxes in ten years and it's… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Income taxes are very poor at generating income from automation because the gains are realized by technology companies that are experts at… — Andrew Yang 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
Peace is the best time for improvement and preparation of every kind; it is in peace that our commerce flourishes most, that… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
If at first you don't succeed, try management. Indecision is the key to flexibility. If at first you don't succeed, take the… — Kirk Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
Donald Trump started this campaign in 2014 he said if I run for president I'll absolutely release my taxes. — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
My message to David Cameron, as the head of our government, is to seriously think again about this Robin Hood tax, the… — Keith O'Brien Copy Share Image
More investment sins are probably committed by otherwise quite intelligent people because of "tax considerations" than from any other cause. One of… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The law before us, my lords, seems to be the effect of that practice of which it is intended likewise to be… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
[the Republicans] have come up with nothing. They say repeal and replace. That has alliteration. But that's all it has going for… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
If private-equity firms are as good at remaking companies as they claim, they don't need tax loopholes to make money. — James Surowiecki 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
To be able to compete, we've got to improve our education system, our litigation environment, our tax code, our health system and… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image