We should encourage governments to be sustained by citizens' taxes - that is, democracies. Democracies will be enduring allies of America.
I am not for raising taxes on the American people in a soft economy.
Missouri remains a low tax, efficiently run state, according to all prominent national rankings.
As American taxpayers know too well, the tax code is incredibly complex and compliance is all to expensive.
Once the housing market begins to recover, I would phase out the mortgage tax deduction.
The worst thing that we could do is raises taxes. It would only hurt the economy.
For small businesses, you need less taxes, less federal spending, and you need less regulation that blocks their growth.
Commercials on television are similar to sex and taxes; the more talk there is about them, the less likely they are to be curbed.
I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.
At the same time, Republicans are pushing a $70 billion tax package that will overwhelmingly benefit the most wealthy Americans and actually increases the deficit by $16 billion.
I do not want to impose additional taxes on the employers at a time when our economy is very fragile and we want to encourage them to hire.
Federal gas tax revenues that are paid into the trust fund by highway users should be used for programs that benefit highway users.
What we need is more money back in the hands of Americans of any economic standing and so raising taxes right now doesn't make sense.
We've been able to access deals that under our former relationship with Disney - with tax advantages and strategic partners - that we just weren't able to do.
That's one of the challenges of investing in China, is the lack of clarity with respect to tax positions.
You shouldn't get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain about their taxes, yet they do nothing for the community. That makes me furious.
At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship.
We asserted ourselves as a music community, and showed legislators that music is positive. Especially if you've sold 300 million records worldwide and pay taxes.
The tax laws are written by men with considerable net worth, and with little understanding of what wage-earners must do to make ends meet.
Washington has got to, across the board, lower taxes for small businesses so that our mom and pops can reinvest and hire people, so that our businesses can thrive.
I think there should be a literacy test and a poll tax for people to vote.
