Ultimately, what may be needed to address the obesity problem are direct taxes on body weight. — Jonathan Gruber Copy Share Image
Governor Romney has paid 100 percent of his taxes that are owed. He has complied 100 percent with what the law requires. — Jason Chaffetz Copy Share Image
If we weren't running deficits, if we weren't spending more than we were taking in, there would be no reason whatsoever to… — Ron Johnson Copy Share Image
The United States has an incredible debt. That is obviously not the way to live. You have to eliminate waste in your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Today the House has a chance to give 25 million married couples the best Valentine's Day gift possible, elimination from the most… — Jerry Weller Copy Share Image
And my response is 70,000 people in the state of Maine that paid income tax in 2011 will not be paying income tax in 2012. — Paul LePage Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that the death tax is a tax on the economy because it slows economic growth. — Todd Tiahrt Copy Share Image
In order to truly get deficit spending and federal debt under control, the Trump administration is going to have to eventually address… — Katie Pavlich Copy Share Image
It turns out a VAT - a value-added tax - is a very easy tax to collect and a very hard tax… — T.R. Reid Copy Share Image
Our largest companies should not be able to get away with paying hardly anything at all. It is insulting when they engage… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The Obama administration's large and sustained increases in debt raise the specter of another financial crisis and large future tax increases, further… — Glenn Hubbard Copy Share Image
Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while each new… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
Under my plan, I'll be reducing taxes tremendously, from 35 percent to 15 percent for companies, small and big businesses. That's going… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
That's why independent studies looking at this said the only way to meet Governor Romney's pledge of not reducing the deficit or...or...or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Trickle-down did not work. It got us into the mess we were in, in 2008 and 2009. Slashing taxes on the wealthy… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
This was years ago, I think during the early [Ronald] Reagan years. I came up with a plan that everybody just pay… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
We're not going to give tax breaks to billionaires and then cut back on the needs of our elderly or poor or… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
In Canada, we have a very good structure of supporting film through a number of government-sponsored initiatives, such as the tax credit… — Alfons Adetuyi Copy Share Image
Churches are tax exempt because they are supposed to provide a public good. To prove that good to the IRS, churches arent… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
Canada, the United States and Mexico, we developed these energy reserves that we have in this North American region. And you can… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
There is no better way to return the matter of taxation to full public discusssion than to repeal the withholding taxes on… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
The flat tax I got on my first meeting with Margaret Thatcher, who I admired very much and who was a great… — Mart Laar Copy Share Image
The reality is the most important thing that can be done are these permanent changes like to the tax code, reduction of… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
GE sells more than 96 percent of its products to the private sector, where America's future must be built. But government can… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Copy Share Image
I'm no communist.I'm a tax cutting Conservative. But I want a capitalism that is fairer to forgotten people. — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
If, like me, you believe that your taxes should be spent on your priorities in this country by politicians accountable to you… — Priti Patel Copy Share Image
What I argue for is a progressive tax, a global tax, based on the taxation of private property. — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Until lawmakers can disentangle property taxes from public education, inequalities - perpetuated by the Supreme Court and Congress - will persist. — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
I am obligated to and will pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes to the United States government, — Eduardo Saverin Copy Share Image
A tax on capital is self-defeating, in that it slows down capital accumulation, investment and economic growth. — Maxime Bernier Copy Share Image
When there is conflict between what God requires and the demands of the government, each of us has an important decision to… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase. — Matt Blunt Copy Share Image
Forget death and taxes. The only sure thing is that, win or lose, Don King is counting the money. — Tim Witherspoon Copy Share Image
We removed wealth tax in the 1991 budget. That is one way in which the children of those who had wealth could… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
So when the only domestic social policy is tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthiest Americans, we say, 'Where is faith being… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
We cannot continue to blow up the federal deficit and place our children and grandchildren in greater debt to countries like China. — Tommy Tuberville Copy Share Image
At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
Religious hatreds ought not to be propagated at all, but certainly not on a tax-exempt basis. — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
It's time for the sensible center to rise up and push for a rational approach to our fiscal challenges. — Steven Rattner Copy Share Image
![“This was years ago, I think during the early [Ronald] Reagan years. I came up with a plan that everybody just pay $8.95 in taxes. Cheating would be allowed. But the incentive to cheat wouldn't be nearly as great if you only had to pay the $8.95. There were a few people who would have to pay…” quote by Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/dave-barry-222_bills_this-was-years-ago-i-think-during-the-ea_1154458.png)
