“Why is it that Serge Lange's Linear Algebra, published by no less a Verlag than Springer, ostentatiously displays the sale of a few thousand copies over a period of fifteen years, while the same title by Seymour Lipschutz in the The Schaum's Outlines will be considered a failure unless it brings in a steady annual income from the sale of a few hundred thousand copies in twenty-six languages?” YearsScienceLanguagePeriodsThousandSixHundredTwentiesMathematicsIncomeTitlesCopiesSteadyDisplayFifteenOutlinesLinearAnnualsAlgebraFifteen Years Author:Gian-Carlo Rota
“The zero-income-tax-rate states have far faster growth in tax revenues than did the states with highest income tax rate over this period.” StatesGrowthPeriodsTaxesHighestRateIncomeFasterZeroRevenueIncome Tax Author:Arthur Laffer
“There are several states that move from Karl Marx-like policies to Adam Smith-like policies and back again in a weekend. So for the states with huge volatility in their income tax policies over time, the differences in growth rates in those periods are really amazingly consistent with tax rates really mattering.” StatesMovingGrowthDifferencesPolicyHugePeriodsTaxesRateIncomeConsistentWeekendAdamIncome TaxBack AgainReally AmazingVolatility Author:Arthur Laffer
“Spiritual leaders say that as a matter of course prosperity will come when you are pursuing the right things with your life. To feel truly prosperous, you may have to leave the corporate world for good simply because prosperity and freedom go hand in hand. For some people this means having to give up a substantial amount of their income, at least for a certain period of time.” PeopleWorldGivingFeelsMayMeanMatterHandsSpiritualCertainCoursesLeaderAmountPeriodsGiving UpProsperityIncomeCorporateRight ThingProsperousHand In HandSpiritual LeaderCorporate World Author:Ernie J Zelinski
“Reform immigration to make it easy for individuals to come over here, be documented, pay taxes - immigration reform is needed to state that its about work, its not about welfare... Set up a grace period where they can get a work permit... social security card so that they can pay income tax, social security, Medicare.” StatesIndividualSocialEasyPayGraceSecurityNeededPeriodsTaxesImmigrationIncomeCardsReformWelfarePermitSocial SecurityIncome TaxMedicareImmigration Reform Author:Gary Johnson
“It makes no difference to a widow with her savings in a 5 percent passbook account whether she pays 100 percent income tax on her interest income during a period of zero inflation or pays no income tax during years of 5 percent inflation. Either way, she is 'taxed' in a manner that leaves her no real income whatsoever. Any money she spends comes right out of capital. She would find outrageous a 100 percent income tax but doesn't seem to notice that 5 percent inflation is the economic equivalent.” WayYearsRealSeemsInterestDifferencesPayEconomicPeriodsTaxesPercentAccountsIncomeSavingZeroInflationSavingsOutrageousWidowsIncome Tax Author:Warren Buffett
“I think people think their incomes have been flat lining for a long period of time. They feel that the next generation's opportunities are not going to be improvement. So and I also think that social media then allows insurgent movements to gain scale at speed.” PeopleThinkingFeelsLongHas BeensNextOpportunitySocialGenerationsMediaMovementPeriodsGainsSocial MediaSpeedImprovementScalesIncomeFlatsNext GenerationLong Periods Of TimeInsurgent Author:Tony Blair