If Wall Street paid a tax on every “game” they run, we would get enough revenue to run the government on. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Taxes are way too complicated, and people spend way too much time worrying about ways to get them lower. — Steve Mnuchin Copy Share Image
Our youth [with their overwhelming support of Obama] are voting for a permanent tax on their life — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
My purpose in life always has been to avoid work. And I hear these people saying, "I work hard and I pay… — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
If there can be three certain things in life, instead of two, it might be death, taxes, and data. — Clara Shih Copy Share Image
As I went about with my father, when he collected taxes, I knew that when taxes were laid someone had to work… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
If we want a stronger, cleaner, and fairer world economy, we need to deal with the controversial areas of globalisation, such as… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
A Democratic president should propose a major permanent tax reduction on the middle class and working class. I suspect most of the… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Back in 2008, candidate Obama called a $10 trillion national debt 'unpatriotic' - serious talk from what looked to be a serious… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Telephones are a virtual necessity - not a luxury - and the revenues collected by this tax flow into the general fund.… — Mike Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Americans want and deserve a broad array of health insurance choices so they can identify those that best fit their own individual… — Fred Upton Copy Share Image
It's tax day and while many Americans are filing their taxes with a groan, taxpayers in the Badger State have reason to… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
We believe you will not have to pay more than the current rate structure proposes - which is, for 50 percent of… — Gray Davis Copy Share Image
I am appalled that the term we use to talk about aging is 'anti'. Aging is human evolution in its pure form.… — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
A homeless man once told me that dancing to rap music is the cultural equivalent of masturbating, and I'd sort of fell… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
There has been no organized effort to keep government down since Jefferson's day. Ever since then the American people have been bolstering… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Trickle-down economics - it didn't work. The whole idea was supply-side economics: give rich people a lot of money; they'll spend it,… — Greg Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
The greatest threat facing America today is the disastrous fiscal policies of our own government, marked by shameless deficit spending and Federal… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“When it is a question of taxes, gentlemen, prove their usefulness by reasons with some foundation, but not with that lamentable assertion:… — Frédéric Bastiat Copy Share Image
We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“The FairTax takes current individual taxpayers out of the tax collection and payment business altogether. Just how many people would that be?… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
Currency speculation-over a trillion dollars a day-is a tax-free activity. The notion of a tax on "day trades" or other speculative swaps… — Eric Kierans Copy Share Image
What it 't to us, if taxes rise or fall, Thanks to our fortune, we pay none at all. Let muckworms who… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
When Ronald Reagan's career in show business came to an end, he was hired to impersonate, first, a California governor and then… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Now this is a way to approach our healthcare problems: increase the number of tax collectors and decrease the number of doctors… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
I think that Governor Romney operates on the capital gains tax, his investments, what he lives off of instead of doing it… — Allen West Copy Share Image
Without the triggers, that tax cut is irreponsible fiscal policy. Eventually, I think that will be the consensus view. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
65% of people say that cheating on your income tax is worse than cheating on your spouse. The other 35% were women. — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Obama called on Americans to have more grandchildren. Probably so there's more of them to pay off our debt. — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
In a perfect world we would bring corporate tax rates down to 25% or less so we can get competitive in the… — Eric Cantor Copy Share Image
I think we have to be very sensitive to our need to compete, moving forward, and a lot of that is tied… — Jon Huntsman, Jr Copy Share Image
“nothing can be more reasonable, than that slaves and flatterers should exact the same taxes on all below them, which they themselves… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never… — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
Today the Internal Revenue Code constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. A flat tax would be an enormous step forward. — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
If New Mexican voters believe the path to create American jobs is keeping taxes low, then they have an option. That's my… — Heather Wilson Copy Share Image
The wealthiest can afford to pay more in taxes. That's a part of the deal. That makes sense. I don't know anyone… — Ruth Porat Copy Share Image
Our seniors are not a bargaining chip for Big Government to use to justify its out-of-control spending. — John E. James Copy Share Image
I had applied to become French - or, rather, Franco-American, as I'm now a dual citizen - partly because I could: I'd… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image