I've been regulated my whole life. We have progressive taxes. It's not a free-market free-for-all. I completely understand that society has a… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
It is certain that despotism ruins individuals by preventing them from producing wealth much more than by depriving them of what they… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
One man should not be afraid of improving his posessions, lest they be taken away from him, or another deterred by high… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
If you look at the performance of the zero-income-tax-rate states and the highest-income-tax-rate states, I believe a large amount of their difference… — Arthur Laffer Copy Share Image
It's so hard to get our goods into China. And when we do get in they charge us a huge surtax. They… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
When you pay social security taxes, you are in no way making provision for your own retirement. You are paying the pensions… — W. Allen Wallis 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
When, as an individual, you are not paying taxes, it is evasion. As a corporate, it is legal shrewdness or tax engineering. — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
Job creation requires a business friendly environment with a tax structure that is not punitive and a state government designed for efficient… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“... economists recognize that, other things equal, cuts in tax rates reduce tax revenues in percentage terms by less than the tax-rate… — Campbell McConnell Copy Share Image
Living standards in both the public and private sector have to be brought down. The private sector has to sell more abroad… — John Redwood Copy Share Image
We must infuse our lives with art. Our national leaders must be informed that we want them to use our taxes to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
States with high and rising tax burdens are more likely to suffer economic decline; those with low and falling tax burdens are… — Lawrence Kudlow Copy Share Image
In a system where the cost of care is hidden by taxes levied on your income, property, and business activities, it is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We don't make bicycles anymore. It's all human relations now. The eggheads sit around trying to figure out new ways for everyone… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The taxes of government are heavy enough, but not so heavy as the taxes we lay upon ourselves. — Orville Dewey Copy Share Image
What can be done? Well, the governments of the world can undertake what amounts to a vast clean-up campaign and a vast… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
We can applaud the state lottery as a public subsidy of intelligence, for it yields public income that is calculated to lighten… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
Mitt Romney was treated very unfairly. Mitt Romney didn't want to give his tax returns, because people don't understand returns that are… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Airlines need staff to fly and maintain their aircraft. They need to pay applicable taxes and gate fees. They need to buy… — Andy Weir Copy Share Image
I love America, but I can't spend the whole year here. I can't afford the taxes — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
My business is the enforcement of the tax laws and the integrity of the tax code and making sure that trustees of… — Chuck Grassley 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
Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
If you keep tax cuts for the wealthiest, it won't stimulate the economy, but it will add to the deficit. And, really,… — Heather Boushey Copy Share Image
During his campaign, [Donald] Trump promised the biggest tax cut since Ronald Reagan's conservative revolution in the 1980s. — Kelly McEvers Copy Share Image
What [companies] are doing is they're leaving our country, and they're, believe it or not, leaving because taxes are too high and… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Prosperity of the middling and lower orders depends upon the fortunes and light taxes of the rich. — Andrew Mellon Copy Share Image
By then I was in Brooklyn and drank my way through that summer. I stopped when I got sick of that and… — Robert Quine Copy Share Image
I'm conscious of competitive issues, but at the same time the recommendation they make is that we protect citizens by not adding… — Christy Clark Copy Share Image
We're going to have to invest in the American people again, in tax cuts for the middle class, in health care for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We also need to encourage Americans to become more fiscally responsible themselves. We can do this by redesigning our tax system into… — Edwin Feulner Copy Share Image
Tax reform and expanded trade are going to be so important to the economy of Illinois, particularly the 11th Congressional District, which… — Jerry Weller Copy Share Image
I've got people handling the media. I employ at the moment two people. No-one is paying income tax on the money they… — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
A smattering of English is worse than useless; it is an unnecessary tax on our women. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
In 1850, I believe, the church property in the United States, which paid no tax, amounted to $87 million. In 1900, without… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image