People hear the word “sales” and it scares them. But sales is nothing more than developing a relationship. A good salesman knows the relationship must be balanced and symbiotic—both parties must feel that what they received is equal to what the...
A number of people who I’ve talked to about this assume that I got into a fight with the cops. (Because of, y'know, the militant politics.) I actually had an audience member come up to me once and ask me if I paid taxes. Of course I pay taxes! I pa...
I talked to a lot of employers who just are, are fearful of what's coming next out of Washington. It's all the spending, it's all the debt. It's their national energy tax, they want to call it cap and trade - more mandates, higher costs, more taxes. ...
Now, the president would like to do tax reform, which would obviously lower rates for most people in America and make the tax code fair and get rid of loopholes and special treatment. But absent tax reform, the president believes the right way to get...
If we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, if we choose to keep a tax break for corporate jet owners, if we choose to keep tax breaks for oil and gas companies that are making hundreds of billions of dollars, then that m...
We spend millions of dollars every year just for the right to pay our taxes, but once again, do we really need to do that? Why don't we simplify it? And I've certainly looked at fair tax, I've looked at flat tax, and if I get to the U.S. Senate, I'd ...
Well, certainly the Democrats have been arguing to raise the capital gains tax on all Americans. Obama says he wants to do that. That would slow down economic growth. It's not necessarily helpful to the economy. Every time we've cut the capital gains...
Wealthy people don't even pay taxes. But everybody must pay taxes.
I don't blame anybody for using the tax code to their advantage.
We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.
We should stop arguing about tax cuts in this town.
We're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels.
My business is the enforcement of the tax laws and the integrity of the tax code and making sure that trustees of charitable giving are true trustees.
Job creation requires a business friendly environment with a tax structure that is not punitive and a state government designed for efficient use of fewer tax dollars.
No matter what heights you achieve, even if you're Brad Pitt, the slide is coming, sure as death and taxes.
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
Raising taxes in an economic downturn is not a good idea.
1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS.
Fewer people working means permanently lower tax revenues.
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.
You don't get an economy growing by raising taxes.
