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The appreciation of capital assets is already taxed at an extremely favorable rate compared to labor. That's why the rich pay such a low…

— James B. Stewart

The mounting burden of taxation not only undermines individual incentives to increased work and earnings, but in a score of ways discourages capital accumulation…

— Henry Hazlitt

The biggest revenue target is the preferential rate for long-term capital gains, which raises a perennial question: Why should capital income be taxed at…

— James B. Stewart

To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a…

— John Stuart Mill

The mounting burden of taxation not only undermines individual incentives to increased work and earnings, but in a score of ways discourages capital accumulation…

— Henry Hazlitt

You lower the [tax] rate, you will motivate and incentivize more people to put more capital at risk to create more jobs.

— Anthony Scaramucci

Nobody prefers to earn income any more, because that's taxable. Rich people prefer to make capital gains.

— Michael Hudson

The level of taxation is driven by spending. Less spending leads to lower taxes.

— Gregory D Hess

Tax laws favor capital over labor, giving capital gains a lower rate than ordinary income. The rich get humongous mortgage interest deductions while renters…

— Robert Reich

The wealthiest can afford to pay more in taxes. That's a part of the deal. That makes sense. I don't know anyone that doesn't…

— Ruth Porat

Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge…

— Jack Kemp

When you talk about taxing the rich, you're taxing capital, and taxing capital results in damage to more than just the wealthy.

— Rush Limbaugh