Demanding Quote by Richard Thaler

Everyone wants the rich to pay more in taxes.

— Michael Arrington

You know, the elites always want to shame the poor - right? - and everyone else. I mean, the fact is, this economy is…

— Keith Ellison

If you cut taxes on the rich, they'll get so excited and go into so much busy economic activity, that the economy will grow…

— Greg Palast

“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

By eliminating the tax breaks and special interest loopholes that primarily benefit the wealthy, our framework ensures that the benefits of tax reform go…

— Donald Trump

Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people.

— Carol Moseley Braun

A lot of really smart, wealthy people know that [slashing taxes on the wealthy hasn't worked.]

— Donald Trump

We see no justification in these economic times for those, and they're patriotic Americans. They're not asking for this continued tax cut. They're not…

— Joe Biden

People want just taxes more than they want lower taxes. They want to know that every man is paying his proportionate share according to…

— Will Rogers

One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites.

— Hillary Clinton

Even tax breaks that are supposed to help the middle class too often skew toward the wealthy. Consider the mortgage interest deduction. While political…

— Dee Dee Myers

Fairness dictates that the highest income people should pay the greatest share of taxes, and they do.

— Mitt Romney