Tax Rate Quotes

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If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary's. In… — Michael Bloomberg
We need to lower tax rates for everybody, starting with the top corporate tax rate. We need to simplify the tax code. The ultimate answer,… — Herman Cain
The biggest - one of the biggest barriers to driving economic growth is the capital gains tax rate. I propose taking it to zero. — Herman Cain
We will lower the tax burden on middle class Americans by asking the very wealthy to pay their fair share. Middle class taxpayers will have… — William J. Clinton
I am now being criticized (by the opposition) for being irresponsible for saying `I will not raise the consumption tax rate while I am in… — Junichiro Koizumi
I have worked with investors for 60 years and I have yet to see anyone - not even when capital gains rates were 39.9 percent… — Warren Buffett
I... [proposed] three distinct grades of education, reaching all classes. 1. Elementary schools for all children generally, rich and poor. 2. Colleges for a middle… — Thomas Jefferson
Legislation to create a new 10 percent tax bracket, reduce the marriage penalty, cut the tax rate on dividends and capital gains, and increase the… — Roger Wicker
I will do anything that is basically covered by the law to reduce Berkshire's tax rate. For example, on wind energy, we get a tax… — Warren Buffett
President Obama likes to talk about the Buffett Rule. Well, here's a Buffett Rule that all Americans should be able to support: mom and pop… — Rob Portman
All I'm doing is I'm filling out my tax returns - or my accountants are, and I'm paying whatever I'm supposed to pay, though I'm… — David Rubenstein
My own experience, though, as a business executive and as a governor, tells me that businesses are interested in a lot more than a low… — Jack Markell
The tax rate of 35 percent is impossible to provide an incentive to the large corporations, that have $1.7 trillion offshore, to put their money… — Frederick W. Smith
To suppose that the value of a common stock is determined purely by a corporation's earnings discounted by the relevant interest rates and adjusted for… — James Grant
First, the oil and gas business pays its fair share of taxes. Despite the current debate on energy taxes, few businesses pay more in taxes… — John S. Watson
I trace the inequality to a particular set of decisions that we took when we lowered the tax rate from 91% down to very low… — Joseph Stiglitz
I forget what the relevant American rate is, but I can tell you that our goal is to have a combined federal-provincial corporate tax rate… — Stephen Harper
It has always amazed me how tax cuts don't work until they take effect. Mr. Obama's experience with deferred tax rate increases will be the… — Arthur Laffer
It's really a question of fairness and what kind of country we're going to live in. There are 22,000 people making over $1 million. They're… — David Plouffe
Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all. — Thomas Sowell

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