Features Quote by Louis D. Brandeis

Those tax-exempt bonds were put in so that a town or a state or a government could sell more bonds than it ought to.

— Will Rogers

“Ultimately, a government bond is nothing more than a claim of one portion of the population (those who receive interest) on another (those who…

— Thomas Piketty

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

— Charles Dudley Warner

If a thousand shares of stocks or bonds make nothing, you pay nothing. But on a thousand acres of land you pay enough to…

— Will Rogers

The tax upon land values is the most just and equal of all taxes. It falls only upon those who receive from society a…

— Henry George

I don't think the idea of requiring these to be only sold to people who have already own the bonds, in other words, this…

— Robert F. Engle

There's not a doubt in my mind that you will see a spate of municipal-bond defaults.

— Meredith Whitney

If one individual, or one class, can call in the aid of authority to ward off the effects of competition, it acquires a privilege…

— Jean-Baptiste Say

My view is that taxation ought to be based upon ability to pay.

— Michael Madigan

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

As a general rule, governments are wise to avoid taxation that is voluntary, as they need a steady stream of income.

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

Every advantage has its tax.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson