If the U.S. Government was a company, the deficit would be $5 trillion because they would have to account by general accepted… — Marc Faber Copy Share Image
Taxes have been complicated. Every single time I spend a Bitcoin, it's a taxable event. It's like I bought and sold an… — Olaf Carlson-Wee Copy Share Image
The biggest revenue target is the preferential rate for long-term capital gains, which raises a perennial question: Why should capital income be… — James B. Stewart Copy Share Image
If you are going to spend for one group, you have to spend the same for every group, just like if you… — James M. Buchanan Copy Share Image
After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you implored Washington… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
Corporations do not pay taxes, they collect them, passing the burden to consumers as a cost of production. And corporate taxation is… — George Will Copy Share Image
The challenges presented by our budget crisis are some of the most difficult we have ever faced. We are -very simply put… — Kathleen Blanco Copy Share Image
Some people do rely too much on technology. Look, technology is wonderful and I love it. When I was in the UK… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
Is this not true--That in proportion to the value of their estates the extremely wealthy pay far less taxes than those of… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
We began to temper Western democracy with what I'd call a social contract. We put in Social Security, graduated income tax, workers'… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
What I'm concerned about is endless borrowing, which is going to compromise our economy not only today but in the future. Because… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
The skills and productivity of American Workers, not to mention the taxes they pay, are the greatest economic resource our country has.… — Lane Kirkland Copy Share Image
I took in a foster kid that I wanted to adopt in the state where I live, and I pay taxes, said… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
President Bush said that if illegal immigrants want citizenship, they'd have to do three things: pay taxes, hold meaningful jobs, and learn… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I like to tell small business owners and entrepreneurs, 'I get it. I have your back on this. I understand about regulation.… — Linda McMahon Copy Share Image
Many persons read and like fiction. It does not tax the intelligence and the intelligence of most of us can so ill… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
Governing isn't as easy as you think. Many of you have taken pledges that are contradictory - to balance the budget and… — Brian Baird Copy Share Image
You have to abolish pension plans. You have to abolish social spending. You have to raise taxes. You have to have at… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
You can't lift people out of poverty simply by tweaking the tax system, or by raising the minimum wage by a few… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
And here a most heinous charge is made, that the nation has been burdened with unnecessary expenses for the sole purpose of… — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
Millions and millions of people don't pay an income tax, because they don't earn enough to pay on one, but you pay… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the western world don't realize how much taxes limit their options. You can end up paying almost… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
When I left Washington, we actually had a balanced budget and we paid down the most amount of the national debt in… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
The move to tax Internet sales, clothed as a 'fairness' issue, is the typical 'wolf-in-sheep's-clothing' ploy so often used by governments unwilling… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
Obama's view of the tax code is inherently political: Whom can we hit next? Energy companies, jet owners, bankers? Instead, the question… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
For the protection of state and welfare of the people, a ruler shold collect all types of wealth. By suing devices of… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
I would give relief from the first $10,000 of the payroll tax. I would allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation so they… — Bob Graham Copy Share Image
I hold that two principles are important; first that there should be a steady expansion of public services, not an irregular one… — John James Cowperthwaite Copy Share Image
The number one thing in this world that has brought people out of poverty is the ease of doing business. And it's… — Rick Harrison Copy Share Image
The appreciation of capital assets is already taxed at an extremely favorable rate compared to labor. That's why the rich pay such… — James B. Stewart Copy Share Image
I want to make it very clear that this middle-class tax cut, in my view, is central to any attempt we're going… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
There are a lot of misconceptions regarding the Bush tax cuts, all of them deliberately propagated by none other than President Obama… — Steven Crowder Copy Share Image
Even though we still don't know any precise details, we're already making it clear that some proposals like a border tax or… — Cecilia Malmstrom Copy Share Image
We may end up with a world based more on equity than debt, or more on market debt instruments than bank intermediation;… — Alan M. Taylor Copy Share Image
Now is not the time to compromise on the economy. Instead, we should be doing everything in our power to support long-term… — Todd Tiahrt Copy Share Image
Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required by taxing the citizens or by borrowing from the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
...How can Americans living in the freest country in the world be 'slaves'? We don't even enjoy the liberty of serfs. (… — Kenneth W. Royce Copy Share Image
The tax code is a monstrosity and there's only one thing to do with it. Scrap it, kill it, drive a stake… — Steve Forbes Copy Share Image
As we pursue a smaller government, fiscal consolidation will need to deepen. And, mindful of the fiscal balance as we always are,… — Javier Milei Copy Share Image
I never worked in the private sector for very long, I worked on childcare, afterschool, health care for people, increasing the minimum… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
