Class Quote by Ludwig von Mises

Progressive taxation of income and profits means that precisely those parts of the income which people would have saved and invested are taxed away

— Ludwig von Mises

“high taxation was not regarded in these years as an affront. On the contrary, steep rates of progressive income tax were seen as a…

— Tony Judt

Taxes are necessary. But the system of discriminatory taxation universally accepted under the misleading name of progressive taxation of income and inheritance is not…

— Ludwig von Mises

Progressive taxation can offset the effect of growing inequality.

— Winnie Byanyima

In 1848, Karl Marx said, a progressive income tax is needed to transfer wealth and power to the state. Thus, Marx's Communist Manifesto had…

— James Traficant

You know what isn't class warfare? Progressive taxation, as in, say, expecting billionaires to pay at least as much in taxes as their secretaries.…

— Timothy Noah

Mr. Speaker, in 1848, Karl Marx said, a progressive income tax is needed to transfer wealth and power to the state. Thus, Marx's Communist…

— James Traficant

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do labor the produce…

— William Cobbett

I believe in a progressive tax structure that fairly distributes the costs of government in a way that those of us fortunate to have…

— Brad Schneider

If our tax system, as a whole, is progressive, then those with the broadest shoulders will make the greatest contribution, as it should be.

— Angela Rayner

What I argue for is a progressive tax, a global tax, based on the taxation of private property.

— Thomas Piketty

“Just what do we tax under our current system? Work, that’s what. Hard work and productivity. The harder you work, the more you achieve.…

— Neal Boortz