Quote by Gore Vidal

“The reality is that the rich are not taxed. It’s the middle class, especially the educated upper-income middle class, who pays for the poor.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

“The middle class of America must pay some federal income taxes or this will no longer be America.”

— Frank Coyle

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

— Bill Archer

“the weakness of the middle class is holding back tax receipts, especially because those at the top are so adroit in avoiding taxes and…

— David Cay Johnston

“We have been led to look upon taxation as merely a problem of public financing: How much money does the government need? We have…

— Barry M. Goldwater

“He urges them to stop believing that they are “conservative” and should therefore tolerate a little the drift into fascism, the better to get…

— Jeffrey Tucker

“We are the rich. We own America. We got it God knows how, but we intend to keep it.”

— Frederick Townsend Martin

“I do not object to Socialism because it will revolutionize our commerce, but because it will leave it so horribly the same.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“The intelligent man, when he pays taxes, certainly does not believe that he is making a prudent and productive investment of his money; on…

— H.L. Mencken

“the hard-working, honest rich are the primary providers of jobs that allow us to have a middle class in this country.”

— Ben Carson

If Donald Trump had said something like I'm going to raise taxes on the middle class, it would be all over the news. You…

— Rudy Giuliani

“The rich control our politics to a huge extend. In return they get tax cuts and deregulation. It's been and is an amazing ride…

— Jeffrey D. Sachs