“When people live in the full light of an open society, paying their taxes, abiding by the rules, that makes not only our country safer and more secure because people are not relegated to living in the shadows and not creating underground economies, it also is better for wages because the fact that people are working on the books in the open means that there's greater demand for labor and you don't have this submarket.” PeopleMeanBookCountryFactsLightEconomyGreaterDemandTaxesCreatingShadowLaborOur CountrySecureWagesAbiding Author:Martin O'Malley
“I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely approve of the greater house being chosen by the people directly.” PeopleReasonHouseGivenGreaterTaxesChosenLegislature Book:The portable Thomas Jefferson Source: The portable Thomas Jefferson
“History shows that tax increases during a recession are a recipe for greater unemployment and economic loss.” ShowsLossGreaterEconomicTaxesIncreaseUnemploymentRecipesRecessionsTax Increases Author:Pete Sessions
“At a time of economic recession, the need for Medicaid and other safety net services is even greater. And we don't want to raise taxes on people who are having a tough time paying their bills.” PeopleWantNeedsGreaterEconomicTaxesToughRaisesSafetyBillsTough TimesRecessionsSafety NetMedicaidEconomic Recession Author:James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
“John Marshall's warning that the power to tax is the power to destroy has taken on far greater meaning... more specifically, the power of the Internal Revenue Service is threatening to destroy the freedom of religion , guaranteed by the First Amendment. As part of that guarantee, Congress has granted tax exemptions for churches to avoid excessive interference in their religious activities.” FirstsChristianChurchReligiousTakenGreaterActivityTaxesCongressGrantedGuaranteesInternalsWarningAmendmentsThreateningRevenueFirst AmendmentInterferenceFreedom Of ReligionExemption Author:Chuck Grassley
“The philosophy underlying the system of progressive taxation is that the income and wealth of the well-to-do classes can be freely tapped. What the advocates of these tax rates fail to realize is that the greater part of the incomes taxed away would not have been consumed but saved and invested.” WellsHas BeensPhilosophyRealizingWealthClassGreaterFailingTaxesRateSavedIncomeProgressiveTaxationConsumedIncome TaxProgressive Taxation Book:Middle of the Road Policy Leads to Socialism Source: Middle of the Road Policy Leads to Socialism
“I regret that I must so continually use the word genius, as if that should apply only to a caste as well defined from those below as income-tax payers are from the untaxed. The word genius was very probably invented by a man who had small claims on it himself; greater men would have understood better what to be a genius really was, and probably they would have come to see that the word could be applied to most people. Goethe said that perhaps only a genius is able to understand a genius.” PeopleIfsMenShouldWellsSaidUseAbleGreaterRegretGeniusTaxesUnderstoodClaimsIncomeDefinedIncome TaxI RegretCastes Author:Otto Weininger