Taxes Quotes · Page 104

Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in the world nothing can be said to…

— Benjamin Franklin

And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.

— George W. Bush

I am not a great fan of the payroll tax holiday because I'm nervous about what it does to the future of…

— Bernie Sanders

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

There is no such thing as a 'free' government benefit. Ask small-business owners who are footing skyrocketing bills for bottomless jobless benefits.

— Michelle Malkin

To try and nick a few quid off the income tax... Why? I am not into that. I don't need that.

— Harry Redknapp

Cutting taxes even more on the wealthy and corporations, that's not going to help anybody except the wealthy and corporations.

— Hillary Clinton

Well, generally, I don't like sin taxes at all, because sin taxes and nanny state politics represent the government making a moral…

— Margaret Hoover

I think [Donald Trump] s got the votes for [tax reform]. I think he's definitely has the Republican votes for it, in…

— Rudy Giuliani

The imposition of taxes has its limits. There is a maximum which cannot be transcended. Suppose the citizen to be taxed by…

— Henry Clay

In a system where the cost of care is hidden by taxes levied on your income, property, and business activities, it is…

— Anonymous

One of the reasons the deficit got as big as it did, frankly, was because of the economic slowdown, the fall-off in…

— Dick Cheney

You know, I think the, the crucial thing, you know, we have put in place what is, is just simply the biggest,…

— Christina Romer

People like Donald Trump can take all the money that's made from a TV show, from selling neckties made in China, running…

— Hillary Clinton

Business creates jobs; government does not. Government creates a whole slew of jobs each time a new program or scheme is implemented,…

— Ralph Norman

Well, well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails, And live and die,…

— Lord Byron

Donald Trump says he'll cut taxes and that will make the more productive members of our society more productive still and that…

— Paul Solman

A certain amount of taxes is of course indispensable to carry on essential government functions. Reasonable taxes for this purpose need not…

— Henry Hazlitt

We don't compete in the world by offering tax advantages to a few that we don't give to all our citizens and…

— Ed Miliband

The best thing you can say about offshore investors is that they're tax cheats in their home countries.

— Harry Markopolos

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

— Milton Friedman

Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.

— Bob Riley

I believe that hardworking people should retain as much of the money as they can in terms of the taxes that they…

— Karren Brady

Cuts in tax rates on individual and company income nearly always produce more revenue, not less.

— John Redwood

The average family pays more in taxes than it spends on food, clothing, and shelter combined.

— Dick Armey

Corporations are not going to stash their money in the Cayman Islands. We are going to reinvest in America, create jobs, make…

— Bernie Sanders

We must have a fair tax in the United States. We have to re-adjust it, we must be fiscally responsible.

— Peter Camejo

We are afraid to face the hard questions. We are willing to tackle drugs, crime, and public education only if it doesn't…

— J. Irwin Miller

Our government has made a whole lot of promises that, in the long run, it cannot possibly keep without huge tax increases.

— David Walker

I don't accept as an article of faith that lots of short-term stimulus boosts the economy and gets us back on the…

— Glenn Hubbard

It's wasteful spending like this that not only forces tax increases and cuts in vital services... but also really make you wonder:…

— Laura Miller

I'm not for a temporary war tax. We're putting actual dollars in one way or the other, and so if we're gonna…

— Stephen Pagliuca

The U.S. Senate is considering a bill that would tax Botox. When Botox users heard this, they were horrified. Well, I think…

— Craig Ferguson

Effective tax credits are used to create jobs and grow our economy. But tax credits that aren't delivering for Missourians must be…

— Jay Nixon

Tax laws favor capital over labor, giving capital gains a lower rate than ordinary income. The rich get humongous mortgage interest deductions…

— Robert Reich

With every new corporate inversion, the tax burden increases on the rest of us to pay what these corporations don't.

— Dick Durbin

“Whether he knows it or not, the middle-income American is taxed as though he were living in a socialist society.”

— Gore Vidal

Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a…

— Dave Barry

Debt is not caused by spending, it is caused by buying things that you don't pay for. Or, it's caused by cutting…

— Steny Hoyer

The President must stop gambling with taxpayers' money and get the country back on the path of fiscal sanity.

— Tom Harkin