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Yeah, I am in favor of migration. But I am also in favor of education. But at the same time, I am in favor…

— Thomas Piketty

“What did trust, cooperation, progressive taxation and the interventionist state bequeath to western societies in the decades following 1945? The short answer is, in…

— Tony Judt

I believe in a graduated income tax on big fortunes, and in . . . a graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes, . .…

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

I'm willing to fight for Social Security, Medicare, student loans, U.S. jobs, equal pay, progressive taxation and full employment.

— Alan Grayson

The philosophy underlying the system of progressive taxation is that the income and wealth of the well-to-do classes can be freely tapped. What the…

— Ludwig von Mises

Progressive taxation can offset the effect of growing inequality.

— Winnie Byanyima

Many argue that graduates earn a 'premium' because of their education, and should have to pay their way. I agree, and that's why I've…

— John McDonnell

You've got to of course create jobs, you've got to increase the tax base, but progressive taxation those limited powers that we have, we…

— Humza Yousaf

Who can begrudge the generosity of the wealthy, you might say. Wherever you stand on the concentration of wealth and power in the hands…

— Owen Jones

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 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

The liberals who demanded equality of taxation on behalf of the poor, for instance, did not imagine that they would obtain progressive taxation to…

— Vilfredo Pareto

In an ideal world, of course, we would still be arguing for free education. If I was starting with a blank sheet of paper,…

— Wes Streeting

“When the rate of return on capital significantly exceeds the growth rate of the economy (as it did through much of history until the…

— Thomas Piketty