“Congress has always had a soft spot for "experts" who tell members what they want to hear, whether it's supply-side economists declaring that tax cuts increase revenue or climate-change skeptics insisting that global warming is a myth.” WantSidesCuttingTaxesMembersIncreaseClimateClimate ChangeCongressMythSpotsExpertsGlobal WarmingEconomistRevenueSkepticTax CutsDeclaringInsisting Author:Paul Krugman
“By the standards of honest, if unorthodox, accounting, government workers don't pay taxes, but are paid out of taxes. In other words, they pay taxes out of money confiscated from taxpayers, who, in turn, pay taxes twice: on their own income and on the income of members of the bureaucracy. At the very least, this should disqualify state workers from voting.” IfsShouldStatesGovernmentTurnsPayHonestTaxesMembersStandardsPaidWorkersIncomeVotingBureaucracyTaxpayersAccountingUnorthodoxGovernment Workers Author:Ilana Mercer
“A good prince will tax as lightly as possible those commodities which are used by the poorest members of society: grain, bread, beer, wine, clothing, and all other staples without which human life could not exist.” HumansUsedTaxesMembersWineBreadBeerHuman LifeClothingsGrainCommodityPoorestStaples Book:The education of a Christian prince Source: The education of a Christian prince
“I've said repeatedly publicly, and other members have, that until you adjust the eligibility for entitlements, do things like raising the age for Medicare for future beneficiaries. Not for those currently receiving or those about to receive. Have serious means testing for high income people. You know Warren Buffett's always complaining about not paying enough taxes. And what I'm complaining about is we're paying for his Medicare. We ought not to be providing these kinds of benefits for millionaires and billionaires.” PeopleKnowsKindMeanSaidEnoughAgeSeriousOughtTaxesMembersBenefitsComplainingIncomeReceivingProvidingTestingMillionaireEntitlementBillionaireMedicareBeneficiariesBuffettWarren BuffetAlways ComplainingEligibility Author:Mitch McConnell
“The current health care takeover proposals feature a crucial payoff to Big Labor - a golden exemption from any tax on union members' generous health care benefits. The friends and patrons of Obama may be making out like bandits. But for everyone else, the Democrats' ideological bankruptcy comes at a nauseatingly steep price.” MayBigsCareTaxesMembersBenefitsLaborUnionsDemocratCurrentsGoldenHealth CareFeaturesGenerousCrucialProposalIdeologicalBankruptcySteepPatronPayoffBanditsExemptionTakeovers Author:Michelle Malkin
“Contrary to the rhetoric emanating from the American left, the 'rich' are currently paying a lot more than 'their fair share.' It is only a handful of mega-rich, those whose entire incomes are derived from dividends and capital gains, rather than salaries or business profits, who have the ability to pay lower tax rates than some members of the middle class. The left knows this but continues to build their 'freeloading millionaire' straw man because it makes good politics.” KnowsMenLeftAbilityPayClassRichShareMiddleTaxesMembersGainsFairsRateProfitContraryIncomeMiddle ClassRhetoricHandfulSalaryMillionaireStrawsDividendsFair ShareMegaCapital Gains Author:Peter Schiff
“It's obvious that a lot of Tea Party members tend to be elderly. You've seen that famous sign, 'Tell the government to keep its hands off my Medicare.' And I think as long as the government does keep its hands off their Medicare, they're fine with talking about low taxes. But once they start to realize that the Republicans really do want to not just cut Medicare, but essentially abolish it, you know, I just think those people are not going to be part of the Tea Party. They're going to be over with Occupy Wall Street.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantLongDoeHandsGovernmentRealizingPartyTalkingCuttingStreetsWallFineRepublicanTaxesMembersLowsObviousTeaElderlyMedicareAbolishTea PartyOccupy Wall Street Author:Bruce Bartlett
“Why should the residence of a preacher be untaxed? Useful citizens must pay taxes on their homes. Yet the Preacher - actually and notoriously the least useful member of the community - lives in a tax-free dwelling.” ShouldHomeCommunityPayCitizensTaxesMembersPreacherDwellingResidence Author:E. Haldeman-Julius
“Congress shall also create a tax code weighing more than the combined poundage of the largest member of the House and the largest member of the Senate, plus a standard musk ox.” HouseTaxesMembersStandardsCongressCodePlusSenateWeighingMusk Book:Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway Source: Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway
“If you're a member of a despised group, look out! They'll find a drug and associate you with its use. There are a lot of people in the gay community using methamphetamine and paying taxes and going to work and doing well.” PeopleIfsWellsLooksUseCommunityGroupsGayDrugTaxesMembersAssociatesGoing To WorkDespisedUsing MeGay CommunityPaying TaxesMethamphetamine Author:Carl Hart
“In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them.” FactsJobsIndividualInterestPartyTaxesMembersToughPreparedCodeBest ThingsSimplify Author:Barack Obama
“You bet every member of Congress who votes for this bill ought to read it, read it thoroughly, and understand that what we're looking at here amounts to nothing more than a government takeover of our health care economy, paid for with nearly a trillion dollars in new taxes on individuals and small businesses. And it must be opposed.” GovernmentCareIndividualEconomyOughtAmountTaxesMembersVotePaidBillsDollarsCongressHealth CareSmall BusinessTakeoversGovernment Takeover Author:Mike Pence