“Congress had the opportunity to extend tax relief to working families without increasing the deficit. Instead, we were handed a bill that favors the wealthy and eliminates deductions that benefit the middle class.” OpportunityClassMiddleTaxesBenefitsBillsCongressFavorsReliefMiddle ClassWealthyDeficitDeductions Author:Rick Larsen
“Providing tax relief and reducing regulations leads to job creation and new economic opportunities for our small businesses, which are the backbone of our economy.” JobsOpportunityEconomyEconomicCreationTaxesReliefRegulationProvidingSmall BusinessReducingBackboneJob Creation Author:Cathy McMorris Rodgers
“We know that they cannot bear their share of the taxes to help pay for their education. And unless those children get a good education we know that they become dropouts and they become delinquents and they become taxeaters instead of taxpayers. We know that they will join the unemployed. That is why we put top priority on breaking the vicious cycle that today threatens the future of 5 million children in this great land of opportunity which we talk about so much.” KnowsChildrenHelpingTodayOpportunityPayEducationMillionsShareLandBearsTaxesPrioritiesCyclesViciousTaxpayersUnemployedGood EducationTop PrioritiesDelinquentsDropoutsLand Of OpportunityVicious Cycles Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“The Assembly passed a budget that makes the right choices for young students across the state by helping schools avoid cutting essential educational programs, laying off teachers and increasing local property taxes. Without a sound investment in our children and their education, New York would face crumbling school buildings, overcrowded classrooms, and few opportunities to excel.” ChildrenStatesHelpingSchoolFacesYoungChoicesOpportunitySoundTeacherCuttingNew YorkStudentsBuildingTaxesEssentialsProgramOur ChildrenPropertyInvestmentEducationalLocalsBudgetsClassroomAssemblyRight ChoicesCrumblingMake The Right ChoiceYoung StudentsProperty TaxesEducational ProgramsSchool Buildings Author:Jose Peralta
“This is a landmark opportunity for all that live and work in the Yukon. The Territory is now one step closer to realizing the potential that geothermal heat and power has for the economy, the environment, First Peoples, tax-payers and businesses.” FirstsOpportunityRealizingStepsEconomyEnvironmentTaxesHeatTerritoryLandmarksGeothermalYukon Author:Alison Thompson
“Relaxation is a physical and moral necessity. Animals, even to the simplest and dullest, have their games, their sports, their diversions. The toil-worn artisan, stooping and straining over his daily task, which taxes eye and brain and limb, ought to have opportunity and means for an hour or two of relaxation after that task is concluded.” MeanTwoEyeOpportunityGamesSportsHoursPleasureAnimalBrainMoralOughtTaxesTasksWornToilRelaxationSimplestLimbsDiversionArtisansDaily Tasks Author:Horace Greeley
“The estate taxes, on balance, are good. They get people to give money to charity, and they prevent these family dynasties which keep other people from having opportunities. It may be good for a family, but for society it's probably not good. And I've always been in favor of having an estate tax.” PeopleGivingMayOpportunityBalanceTaxesCharityBe GoodFavorsEstatesDynastyEstate Taxes Author:Michael Bloomberg
“In almost every enterprise, government has provided business with opportunities for private gain at public expense. Government nurtures private capital accumulation through a process of subsidies, supports, and deficit spending and an increasingly inequitable tax system.” GovernmentPoliticalOpportunityProcessSupportTaxesGainsSpendingEnterpriseExpensesNurtureDeficitAccumulationSubsidiesTax SystemDeficit Spending Author:Michael Parenti
“I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs.” GivingJobsOpportunityGrowsEnvironmentTaxesCreatingInvestmentMore MoneyImprovingPennsylvaniaCreating JobsCapital Investment Author:Ed Rendell