Taxes Quotes · Page 47

“constant budget crises, the going rate for protecting”

— Lisa Gardner

Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.

— Bill Bradley

More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013.

— Bill Maher

We feel that the government should not interfere too much in private sector.

— Arvind Kejriwal

Stupider than France is not where we want to be on tax policy.

— Grover Norquist

We expect to adopt tax incentives for businesses that invest in the country.

— Joao Lourenco

I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers: Go ahead, make my day.

— Ronald Reagan

I like the idea of a proportional tax. That way you pay according to your ability.

— Benjamin Carson

It's two days until tax time. I know it's late, but there is still time to deduct this show as a loss.

— David Letterman

Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes, your first thought will be to…

— Mark Cuban

Not raising the debt ceiling does not trigger a default, because we've got enough money to service our debts. Default is when…

— Ted Yoho

The unpopularity of raising corporate or personal income tax has been a straight jacket constraining Labour's thinking on how best to invest…

— Barry Gardiner

Higher income taxes are a razor guillotine poised to descend on the bare neck of prosperity.

— Thomas H Kean

I am in favor of reforming our tax code. It's over-burdensome. It's complex. It's unfair. But the one thing that we have…

— Dan Donovan

The unjustified swelling of the budgetary deficit and the accumulation of public debts are just as destructive as adventurous stock-jobbing.

— Vladimir Putin

We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened.

— Pete du Pont

What you do is you say, fine, you want to go to Mexico or some other country, good luck. We wish you…

— Donald Trump

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was an irresponsible sugar rush that blew a hole in the deficit and came at…

— Dean Phillips

When preparing your return, you should be sure to avoid common mistakes. The two most common taxpayer mistakes, states the IRS booklet,…

— Dave Barry

I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut…

— Vince Cable

Standardized tests are an indicator of the kind of service taxpayers are receiving - and whether schools, educators and policymakers are doing…

— Michelle Rhee

Of course you need to bring in the revenue to fund vital public services, but we've also got to grow the economy.…

— Rachel Reeves

We have a raising wages agenda. And that includes tax policy, trade policy. TPP is a very bad agreement. Covers 40 percent…

— Richard Trumka

Governments enjoying surpluses have a very strong temptation to splash money around, and while tax cuts are always appealing, cutting taxes at…

— Malcolm Turnbull

We're going to cut taxes, deregulate to try to create general pro-growth conditions, at the same time, much more than any other…

— Rich Lowry

We also need the provisions in the tax bill that will permit working mothers to increase the deduction from income tax liability…

— John F. Kennedy

Wayne: I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them … the Indians were selfishly trying to…

— John Wayne

Look, rich people already have a lot of money. There's literally trillions of dollars in cash held by corporations, their stock valuations…

— Keith Ellison

Reflect how you are to govern a people who think they ought to be free, and think they are not. Your scheme…

— Edmund Burke

Conservatives believe in traditional values. Not because we want to impose our views on anyone, but because to abandon those values would…

— Marco Rubio

Every generation has its war. I have just been reminded of mine. It ended in 1989, 43 years after it began, the…

— Simon Jenkins

Opening a small business is a reasonable thing for you to do but should tax payer, should an ordinary worker have to…

— Dean Baker

“Some are taxed on their success, true. Some are taxed on their survival, also true.”

— Benjamin Kane Ethridge

Do not tax your life with forethought of grief.

— Wendell Berry

I believe we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried...but they wanted cash.

— Anonymous

Earmarks are supposed to be bad. But they don't increase spending.

— Todd Tiahrt

Marriage is only good for two things: tax breaks and adultery.

— Brendon Small

I never appreciate my kids more than when I'm doing my taxes.

— Anonymous

I don't see traffic fines as a substitute for a commuter tax.

— Robert James Thomson

The more money that you have, the easier it becomes to hide that and avoid taxes.

— Jeffrey Hollender