Answers Quote by Thomas Sowell

The problem is government spends too much. So raising taxes is what politicians do, instead of reducing spending.

— Grover Norquist

There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people's money, power, and personal control while telling them that…

— Steve Forbes

High tax rates in the upper income brackets allow politicians to win votes with class warfare rhetoric, painting their opponents as defenders of the…

— Thomas Sowell

Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills.

— Ronald Reagan

If politicians get money to spend and don't have to be responsible for taxation, then of course that will bias their attitude toward more…

— James M. Buchanan

We need to lower tax rates for everybody, starting with the top corporate tax rate. We need to simplify the tax code. The ultimate…

— Herman Cain

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

— Mitt Romney

When taxes are too high, people go hungry. When the government is too intrusive, people lose their spirit. Act for the people's benefit. Trust…

— Laozi

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

— Gregory D Hess

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

— Plato

There can be no such thing as 'fairness in taxation.' Taxation is nothing but organized theft, and the concept of a 'fair tax' is…

— Murray Rothbard

Taxes are the flip side of expenditures. The same issues apply on both sides. There are questions of fairness and justice as much in…

— Bruce Babbitt