The tax on being different is largely implicit. People need not act maliciously for it to be levied. In fact, at its… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
There are some tax expenditures that are there for very obvious and very important and very good policy reasons. Whether it's the… — Chuck Schumer Copy Share Image
In addition to offering benefits to those who invest, carry out research, and create jobs, higher taxes on land and real-estate speculation… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
I talk to nurses and programmers, salespeople and firefighters - people who bust their tails every day. Not one of them -… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Rick Perry I have a great fondness for. And what Rick Perry has, like Jeb Bush has, it will be interesting to… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
Every American knows there are government expenses that are absolutely not necessary. I disagree with the very idea that our government is… — Jeff Miller Copy Share Image
Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay… — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
The trickle-down experiment that began in the Reagan years failed America's middle class. Sure, the rich are doing great. Giant corporations are… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
So tonight I propose one more step that I would rather not propose. I ask the most fortunate among us, those citizens… — Mitch Daniels Copy Share Image
Barack Obama's life was so much simpler in 2009. Back then, he had refined the cold act of blaming others for the… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
In California we froze property taxes, school size increased, test scores declined, and there was a massive middle-class white flight to private… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
..either immediately or ultimately every dollar of government spending must be raised through a dollar of taxation. Once we look at the… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
We have countries where, if we make a product and we send it to that country, they charge us 100 percent tax.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Americans have got to understand that we are paying present-day retirees with the taxes paid by young workers in America today. And… — John McCain Copy Share Image
“With vivid memories of the last IRS form, I had signed, I agreed sympathetically that a two percent tax rate was a… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Worried about an IRS audit? Avoid what's called a red flag. That's something the IRS always looks for. For example, say you… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
On economic policy, my support of smaller government, lower taxes and economic reform is consistent with the mainstream of the Republican Party… — John Howard Copy Share Image
Liberals believe and inexhaustible fund exists that can be tapped endlessly to pay for government social programs. Tax the rich and give… — James Cook Copy Share Image
More retirees, longer life expectancy, larger benefits, and fewer workers - these trends have meant substantial increases in the payroll tax. Since… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
At a time of massive inequality, I think we can raise substantial sums of revenue to address the needs of working families,… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure... It is a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've done a lot of work with our government businesses to ensure that we can get reasonable returns but at the same… — Peter Gutwein Copy Share Image
Cutting taxes for very high income people an average of more than $100,000 a year for people that make more than a… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
When I became governor, spending actually increased 28 percent my first term. Revenue increased 42 percent my first term without raising anybody's… — Haley Barbour Copy Share Image
If you raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires, you'll do nothing to address the debt and the deficit. And the thing you… — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image
Study and discipline are the prerequisite to any form of accomplishment. Unfortunately however, studying is much like paying taxes for most of… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
In the United States, if you buy a property and you're a good citizen, and you improve that property, what do they… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
It's critical to show that we can meet our commitment to students with disabilities without raising taxes and without increasing the deficit.… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
People really have to believe in their tax system. They have to believe that there is an equitable distribution of the burden,… — Richard Neal Copy Share Image
Modern marriage is first and foremost a romantic and private union, but the tax laws and inheritance laws and religious implications that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Between 1981 and 1986, the top income tax rate was cut from 70 percent to 28 percent. Meanwhile, taxes on the bottom… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
According to our estimates, the Hungarians working in the U.K. altogether pay more contributions and taxes than the benefits that they get.… — Viktor Orban Copy Share Image
We pass bills authorizing improvements and grants. But when it comes time to pay for these programs, we'd rather put the country's… — David Price Copy Share Image
If you don't pay your taxes and you don't answer the warrant and you don't go to court, eventually someone will pull… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
The fact is that a lot of the spending increases came during the Bush administration. Two unpaid for wars we got ourselves… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
I don't think that we need to see [Donald Trump] tax returns to verify his financial acumen. I walk into the Trump… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
I mean, you have said before you'd cut the deficit in half. And this...I love this idea of $4 trillion in cuts.… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
[In] death at least there would be one profit; it would no longer be necessary to eat, to drink, to pay taxes,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
The president says we need to raise the debt ceiling because America pays its bills. No if we paid our bills we… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Bringing the troops home is necessary not just for the future of Iraq, but also for the people of the United States.… — Raul Grijalva Copy Share Image
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