I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S.
The women who pass away before they receive Social Security, for them this is nothing but a tax from which they or their family will never receive a benefit.
I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don't want to - I just want to be at home with my family.
For policy makers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or especially to smooth business cycle fluctuations, the results are not promising.
With the permanent elimination of this tax, farmers and business owners will have the sense of security they need to plan for the financial future of their business or farm and their family.
I can't imagine an argument that says that raising marginal tax rates on high income people, many of whom are business owners, is a recipe for economic growth.
Lower taxes, less government spending on domestic programs and fewer regulations mean a better economy for everybody.
Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.
What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this country they have accepted and admitted.
In Michigan, a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet, it continued down.
Government subsidies to elite private universities take the form of tax deductions for people who make charitable contributions to them.
The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.
If the government ever imposes a tax on books - and I wouldn't put it past them - I'm in dead trouble.
Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conservative Party.
High taxes on guns and strong restrictions on their availability are the only realistic hope for avoiding many more Sandy Hooks.
The death tax punishes the American dream - making it virtually impossible for the average American family to build wealth across generations.
We've got a lot of work to do: not only on education, but on the economy, on our tax code, and on reducing our crushing debt.
In education, they say either property taxes have to go up, or we'll have poor education - that's a false choice.
Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.
Every year, thousands of Californians flee that populous paradise for tax-eased small government oasis of America's red states.
Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts.
