Argument Quote by Will Rogers

“When Congress instituted the federal income tax, Mellon was one of the wealthiest men in America, with interests in dozens of monopolistic conglomerates then…

— Jane Mayer

“Andrew Mellon himself would have been pleased with the succession of hefty tax cuts that Reagan pushed through Congress. He slashed corporate and individual…

— Jane Mayer

Whenever the very rich hold views at odds with those of the entire population, the federal government tends to do the rich's bidding.

— Timothy Noah

“Once in public office, Mellon helped define the 1920s as an era during which business succeeded in rolling back many of the Progressive Era’s…

— Jane Mayer

The only question where there is disagreement is should the highest income rates above a quarter million dollars a year go back to where…

— Austan Goolsbee

Someone must stand up to those who say, "Here's the key, there's the Treasury, just take as many of those hard-earned tax dollars as…

— Ronald Reagan

In the meantime the big corporations are fleeing America for tax havens and places like Ireland, Luxembourg and the Grand Cayman Islands; the rich…

— Ralph Nader

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

— Donald Trump

The high income tax come pretty near passing in the Senate. Only lacked about six votes. So it won't be long now. Well, there…

— Will Rogers

I've had it up to here with this notion that 47 percent...it's about time they take some responsibility here. And instead of signing pledges…

— Joe Biden

Let's restore sanity and fairness to the tax cut conversation. We simply cannot afford to hand over the bank vault to our nation's millionaires…

— Paul Tonko

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

— Carol Moseley Braun