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We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary. — Adam Davidson
Taxation is not charity. It is not voluntary. As we shrink the state and make government smaller, we will find that more and more people… — Grover Norquist
My parents both defected from communist Hungary and were what most people would today call libertarian. I grew up with a general distaste for taxation… — David Harsanyi
Fortunately for India, it has got a growing economy. If it is doing the right things with taxation and focusing on the right areas for… — Bill Gates
I lay this down as a fundamental proposition, which I do not think will be denied, that whoever controls the taxation and trade policy of… — George William Russell
Socialism is about claims of justice, and it is also about money: about wealth, income, physical and financial capital. It is an ideology based on… — Virginia Postrel
I think if you look back through time, the history of income, wealth and taxation is full of surprise. So I am not terribly impressed… — Thomas Piketty
What I argue for is a progressive tax, a global tax, based on the taxation of private property. — Thomas Piketty
Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse. — Samuel Freeman Miller
We really need to change taxation policy so that it is not skewed against owning more than one house. — Andrew Forrest
The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns. — Herman Wouk
The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. — Andrew Jackson
It is the small owner who offers the only really profitable and reliable material for taxation. He is made for taxation. — Auberon Herbert
We ought, therefore, to lessen the price of food to our manufacturers, and place them more on a level with the manufacturers who have cheaper… — Joseph Hume
Throughout his life, Ronald Reagan believed America is capable of great things and its people could and would lead the way if left unburdened by… — William L. Jenkins
My legislation, the Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2005, simply eliminates the taxation of interest earned in savings accounts, such as passbook savings accounts… — Cliff Stearns
Every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation gives to individual enterprise increased power and furnishes to all the members of our happy confederacy… — Andrew Jackson
Government can wreck a business by confiscating its money by taxation. — Owen Paterson
When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and expenses… — Grover Cleveland
And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh:… — Bible
I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely approve of the greater house being chosen by the people… — Thomas Jefferson
Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them. — Margaret Mitchell
Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and normally it takes an impending catastrophe to bring it down. — Charles Addams
The level of taxation is driven by spending. Less spending leads to lower taxes. — Unknown Author
He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer. — William Proxmire

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