Quotes of: Sales-tax Keyword

Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady.

Eric Alterman

Romney said that his tax reform proposal is 'very similar to the Simpson-Bowles plan.' How I wish it were.

Erskine Bowles

The Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy's flipping burgers - she needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who works on movie sets does not.

Eva Longoria

At the heart of the Irish economy has always been the philosophy of tax competitiveness. On the cranky left, that is very annoying; I can see that.

Bono

I think we should worry about Social Security first and then tax cuts second.

Bobby Scott

My position has been consistent that middle class families should not pay more taxes. That hasn't changed.

Brad Schneider

Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes, too?

Bill Veeck

You can't do a good deal with a bad guy. The dishonesty tax is too high and is not something you will factor into your side of the equation.

Chet Billingsley

In a zero corporate tax rate environment, if the private sector doesn't create tens of millions of jobs, then I don't know what it takes to create tens of millions of jobs.

Gary Johnson

People looking at advertisements or reading their local newspapers would have had no idea that what they were reading was bought and paid for with their tax dollars.

George Miller

You don't get gushers of revenue by raising tax rates. You get it through expansion.

George P. Shultz

The biggest - one of the biggest barriers to driving economic growth is the capital gains tax rate. I propose taking it to zero.

Herman Cain

One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites.

Hillary Clinton

To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people.

James Monroe

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.

John Marshall

In this way, the charge that the bank makes for the use of its notes - the interest - is a continual and universal tax upon all the members of the community.

John Buchanan Robinson

The rich control our politics to a huge extend. In return they get tax cuts and deregulation. It's been and is an amazing ride for the rich.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that.

Jesse Ventura

When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw your taxes.

Don Drysdale

I wouldn't mind paying taxes - if I knew they were going to a friendly country.

Dick Gregory

We need a smaller, leaner Washington. It won't happen if we raise taxes without any coinciding reform and serious slashing of spending.

David Harsanyi