Quotes of: Death-and-taxes Keyword

It was under Wilson, of course, that the first huge parts of the Marxist program, such as the progressive income tax, were incorporated into the American system.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

My goal in getting rid of tax loopholes is not to raise taxes. Our problem in Washington, D.C. is not a revenue problem, it is a spending problem.

Mike Pompeo

Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax.

Mike Royko

Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes.

Dave Barry

For every day the government is shut down, it should be that we don't have to pay income tax that day because they're not working.

Jesse Ventura

My message to David Cameron, as the head of our government, is to seriously think again about this Robin Hood tax, the tax to help the poor by taking a little bit from the rich.

Keith O'Brien

Tax incentives might spur hiring in the short run, but how lasting are those gains if the jobs expire with the tax credits and they come at the expense of investing in the new technologies of the future?

Myron Scholes

To introduce a whole new tax regime, that would be modern tax reform. But that's too big a task.

Chuck Schumer

But I benefit from the taxes I pay because I know how to access the benefits of the taxes.

Dar Williams

The important thing about tax reform is you make the tax code less complicated, easier for people to understand.

Grover Norquist

Americans spend 3 billion hours per year filling out tax forms and keeping tax records.

Jim Ramstad

You know, you cut taxes for the rich sometimes and it sits in a bank account. You cut taxes for the middle class, they will spend the money.

Andrew Cuomo

I'm a Conservative who believes in lower taxes. They lead to a more enterprising economy. But I'm not somebody who believes you can fund lower taxes by borrowing more money.

George Osborne

I've got people handling the media. I employ at the moment two people. No-one is paying income tax on the money they use to employ people.

Ken Livingstone

The president is 100 percent for extending the tax cuts for 98.7 percent of small businesses.

Austan Goolsbee

No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction.

American

Emotions must not be part of the decision process: decisions must be clinical and well calculated.

Pay No Tax Get More Money

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

Plato

That's why I'm very proud of being American. I'm proud to pay taxes. I pay a lot of taxes, but it sure beats the alternative.

Payne Stewart

We in Scotland need fiscal responsibility. Quite simply, we need to be responsible for what we raise in tax and what we spend in tax.

Tom Hunter

On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away.

Tom Lehrer