I wonder... if the Republican Party really wants to be branded right now as the party of tax cuts and torture? I… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
The difficulty for Mr. Obama will be when the public sees where his decisions lead - higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes. Chiefly useful to inspire poets. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Those on the downside of rising economic inequality generally do not want government policies that look like handouts. They typically do not… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off? — Padgett Powell Copy Share Image
I am committed to expanding the Child Tax Credit, cutting taxes for Texans that make under $400,000 and doing so in a… — Colin Allred Copy Share Image
If you are born poor, whether white or black, you are going to be in a bad neighborhood and go to a… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
The most laughable White House criticism is that tax cuts are a 'free lunch.' The American people's work created that money. Only… — Steve Forbes Copy Share Image
Marijuana prohibition is just the stupidest law possible....Jus t legalize it and tax it like we do liquor. — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
The best way to make a sort of peace, a fragile armistice to be sure, but precious all the same, with men,… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
The best taxes are such as are levied upon consumptions, especially those of luxury; because such taxes are least felt by the… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Our courts must send a clear signal that India is not a banana republic where foreign companies can be invited to loot… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
Indeed, ask every man separately whether he thinks it laudable and worthy of a man of this age to hold a position… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I think that taxes would be fair if we first get rid of the tax code. This is the ultimate solution, not… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
When you tax capital gains income, you don't help the economy, you hurt the economy, which is why President Kennedy, President Reagan,… — Rob Portman Copy Share Image
The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, bows, spears, firearms or other types… — Toyotomi Hideyoshi Copy Share Image
We simply cannot continue to live with a [tax] system which has so many inequities. It must be changed in such a… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
I think the Republican tax law is so bad that it almost guarantees a Republican victory, precisely because it's so bad. The… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Britain has squandered its windfall of natural resources from North Sea oil and gas. Instead of prudently investing the 'unearned income' from… — Andrew Simms Copy Share Image
Donald Trump doesn't release his tax returns and is indebted to foreign banks and foreign lenders. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Today the Internal Revenue Code constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. A flat tax would be an enormous step forward. — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
President Lyndon Johnson's administration was known for his War on Poverty. President Obama's will become notable for his War on Prosperity. We're… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
I believe the United States should join the rest of the world through paid family and medical leave. It would cost us… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The administration says the American people want tax cuts. Well, duh. The American people also want drive-through nickel beer night. The American… — Will Durst Copy Share Image
I'm for Simpson-Bowles. It doesn't raise taxes, it closes loopholes and takes the money we would give to a few people and… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
The reality is (Clinton's) so-called tax cut is basically giving money to people who largely don't pay taxes, so that it's really… — Phil Gramm Copy Share Image
We're going to bring a lot of money in on trade. We're going to bring a lot of money on reciprocal. You… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
It would be a lot cheaper for me not to have to raise tens of millions of dollars to elect progressive candidates… — Chris Sacca Copy Share Image
Even when you are right, there are costs and taxes associated with being tactical. When you are wrong, there are opportunity costs. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
The only one benefiting from this, the American taxpayer, almost half of our taxes, our income taxes, are going to the military… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
There is only one institution that can arrogate to itself the power legally to trade by means of rubber checks: the government.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Submit to Islam and be safe. Or agree to the payment of the Jizya (tax), and you and your people will be… — Khalid ibn al-Walid Copy Share Image
The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation… — Lyn Nofziger Copy Share Image
The biggest roadblock to middle-class economic advancement is that governments confiscate more than a third of all family income. Each year the… — Thomas DiLorenzo Copy Share Image
The Democrats would want to keep the taxes. And Republicans want to do away with taxes that are driving up the costs… — John Thune Copy Share Image
[T]hese tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans are also the tax cuts that are least likely to promote growth. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image