Accounting Quote by Tom Golisano

“Electronic Accounting Systems processed my little payrolls like one big payroll. I did the selling, and the people I hired did most of the operations.”

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That's part of being an entrepreneur - you watch your pennies.

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By the end of 1978, we had 11 partners and six franchisees, we were operating in 22 cities, and we had about 6,000 clients.…

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Most people don't understand the Electoral College; they don't know why it exists.

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A lot of politicians say they want to get people out to vote; sometimes you can't totally believe they really want that.

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What made me this way was watching my father go through bad employment experiences. When I was 17, and he was 65, I saw…

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The National Popular Vote is about getting states to convert from the winner-take-all rule. The states that pass the legislation will assign all their…

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I've been paying a lot of money in state income taxes, and I've been happy to do it, but when this last thing happened,…

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I came up with the idea for what later became Paychex in 1970 when I was working for Electronic Accounting Systems, a company that…

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In New York, the average total state and local tax burden is $5,260 for every man, woman and child. That's by far the highest…

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We picked a great marketplace. We were a pioneer in payroll processing for very small companies. And we had the perseverance and good fortune…

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Politicians like to talk about incentives - for businesses to relocate, for example, or to get folks to buy local.

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I'm not possessed about owning the Buffalo Bills, just as I wasn't possessed about owning the Buffalo Sabres.

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