Quote by David Cay Johnston

“But the 1970s kicked off a three-decade-long “tax-cutting spree” during which the wealthiest 1 percent succeeded in getting their average effective federal tax rate…

— Jane Mayer

But the point you need to know is that no president at war cut taxes $1.5 trillion, like George W. Bush did.

— Chaka Fattah

“In 2010, 70 percent of federal tax revenue was consumed by three entitlement programs (Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security)”

— Philip K. Howard

But the point you need to know is that no president at war cut taxes $1.5 trillion, like Bush did.

— Chaka Fattah

In time of this grave national danger, when all excess income should go to win the war, no American citizen ought to have a…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Some of the huge tax breaks that we gave to the wealthiest 1 percent of the population in this country during the Bush era…

— Danny K. Davis

“I am convinced that if most members of Congress did their own taxes, we would have had tax reform long ago.”

— Bill Archer

“History lesson, folks: The tax system we have today—the one we've come to know and love—began ninety-four years ago as a (drum roll, please)…

— Neal Boortz

“if we consider the total growth of the US economy in the thirty years prior to the crisis, that is, from 1977 to 2007,…

— Thomas Piketty

The reality is that during the Reagan years, for instance, we doubled the amount of revenue that we were sending to Washington, D.C. after…

— Mike Pence

A huge segment of the country has always felt overtaxed. In 1938, when taxes were roughly 17% of income, a 'Fortune' survey found that…

— Nina Easton

“With vivid memories of the last IRS form, I had signed, I agreed sympathetically that a two percent tax rate was a positive outrage,…

— Diana Gabaldon