“Why is it that if you take advantage of a corporate tax break you're a smart businessman, but if you take advantage of something so you don't go hungry, you're a moocher?” IfsBreakTaxesSmartAdvantageHungryCorporateBusinessmanTax BreaksMoochers Author:Jon Stewart
“You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn't work. And what's good theater and what's good politics isn't necessarily good economic policy.” BreakCuttingEconomicPolicyTaxesTheaterWealthyEntitlementEconomic PolicyTax Breaks Author:Michael Bloomberg
“It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further success. It’s the rich who get the biggest tax breaks. It’s the best students who get the best teaching and most attention. And it’s the biggest nine- and ten-year-olds who get the most coaching and practice. Success is the result of what sociologists like to call “accumulative advantage.” YearsKindOpportunityGivenResultsAttentionBreakPracticeSuccessfulRichTeachingSpecialStudentsTenTaxesAdvantageNineCoachingTax BreaksSociologistsOutliersBest StudentsBest Teaching Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“The 9-9-9 plan would resuscitate this economy because it replaces the outdated tax code that allows politicians to pick winners and losers, and to provide favors in the form of tax breaks, special exemptions and loopholes. It simplifies the code dramatically: 9% business flat tax, 9% personal flat tax, 9% sales tax.” FormBreakEconomyPlansSpecialPoliticianTaxesPicksFavorsWinnerCodeFlatsLoserSimplifyOutdatedLoopholesTax BreaksWinner And LoserExemptionSales TaxFlat Tax Author:Herman Cain
“As for loving woman, I have never understood why some people had a fit. I still don't. It seems fine to me. If an individual is productive responsible, and energetic, why should her choice in a partner make such a fuss? The government is only too happy to take my tax money and yet they uphold legislation that keeps me a second class citizen. Surely, there should be a tax break for those of us who are robbed of full and equal participation and protection in the life of our nation.” PeopleIfsShouldStillsSeemsGovernmentChoicesIndividualNationsClassBreakFineCitizensFitTaxesEqualUnderstoodResponsibleProtectionPartnersProductiveLegislationParticipationEnergeticLoving LifeTax BreaksSecond Class Citizens Book:Poems Source: Poems
“Most of the presidential candidates' economic packages involve 'tax breaks,' which is when the government, amid great fanfare, generously decides not to take quite so much of your income. In other words, these candidates are trying to buy your votes with your own money.” TryingGovernmentPoliticsBreakEconomicTaxesVoteLibertarianIncomePresidentialCandidatesPackagesPresidential CandidateTax BreaksFanfare Author:Dave Barry
“The change we need is fixing this broken economy from the bottom up.. not tax breaks for the wealthy and huge corporations that ship U.S. jobs overseas. We need to focus on defeating al Qaeda and the Taliban and restoring America's standing in the world.. not an unending commitment in Iraq.” WorldNeedsJobsAmericaChangeWealthBreakEconomyFocusHugeBrokenTaxesCommitmentEconomicsStandingBottomIraqShipsCorporationsWealthyAlsFixingAl QaedaTalibanRestoringUnendingTax Breaks Author:Joe Biden
“Do you realize that $150 billion of our tax money is given to the corporations, unions and wealthy people for tax breaks, special subsidies and special regulations? That money would be available for health and education and building bridges.” PeopleWould BeGivenRealizingWealthMoneyBreakSpecialBuildingHealthTaxesUnionsAvailableBillionsBridgesCorporationsWealthyRegulationSubsidiesTax BreaksBuilding BridgesHealth And Education Author:Doris "Granny D" Haddock
“There is no such thing as a good tax.” BusinessTaxesIncome TaxTax BreaksTax DayTaxes Funny Author:Winston Churchill
“Marriage is only good for two things: tax breaks and adultery.” TwoMarriageBreakTaxesTwo ThingsAdulteryTax Breaks Author:Brendon Small
“The Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy's flipping burgers - she needed a tax break.” BreakNeededTaxesBurgersTax BreaksWendy Author:Eva Longoria
“That’s not who we are as a nation, and let me tell you why: Because the Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy’s flipping burgers—she needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who works on movie sets does not.” DoeNationsBreakNeededTaxesLet MeWho We AreBurgersMovie SetsTax BreaksWendy Author:Eva Longoria
“When you consider that a steelworker who's making $40,000 a year has virtually the same tax burden as someone who's making $400,000 a year, you see that there are inequities. This administration has used the tax code to accelerate wealth to the top. Most of the tax breaks have gone to people in the top bracket.” PeopleYearsJobsUsedWealthBreakGoneTaxesBurdenAdministrationCodeEmployeeAccelerateTax BreaksBracketsTax Burden Author:Dennis Kucinich
“We pass bills authorizing improvements and grants. But when it comes time to pay for these programs, we'd rather put the country's money toward tax breaks for the wealthy than for police officers who are protecting our communities.” CountryCommunityPayBreakTaxesProgramPoliceBillsImprovementWealthyGrantsOfficersOur CommunityPolice OfficerTax Breaks Author:David Price
“I can understand where the oil company wants to deduct the cost of drilling a well. That's one of the tax breaks for oil companies - the subsidies - they get to deduct the cost of the well the year you drill.” WantYearsWellsI CanCompanyBreakCostTaxesOilDrillsSubsidiesOil CompaniesDrillingTax Breaks Author:Dan Benishek
“The 55% of American households that make less than $40,000 will get a tax break of only $7 while the households that make more than $1 million will receive an average tax break of $32,000.” BreakMillionsTaxesAverageHouseholdTax Breaks Author:Marty Meehan
“I just want to be married, or just engaged. Basically, I just want a ring. And the tax break.” WantBreakTaxesMarriedRingsEngagedBeing MarriedTax Breaks Author:Christina Ricci
“There should not be one new dime in tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires as long as millions of children in America are poor, hungry, uneducated and without health coverage.” ShouldChildrenLongAmericaPoorBreakMillionsTaxesHungryMillionaireBillionaireCoverageDimesUneducatedTax BreaksEducated And UneducatedHealth Coverage Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“But beyond the hysteria of phantom death panels, where is the abomination? Show me the provisions that will hurt consumers, because if you think a $110 billion a year tax break for working-class Americans to buy private health insurance is a government takeover, I welcome the debate.” IfsThinkingYearsShowsGovernmentHurtClassBreakTaxesBillionsDebateWelcomeConsumersShow MeWorking ClassProvisionPhantomsHysteriaAbominationTax BreaksTakeoversGovernment TakeoverPrivate Health Insurance Author:Jim McDermott
“The American people want us to stop spending. And so let's just give them some certainty. Let's extend the tax - the existing tax cuts. And then let's give some more tax breaks to small businesses and large. And then maybe the American people will have some confidence.” PeopleWantGivingBreakCuttingConfidenceTaxesSpendingCertaintySmall BusinessWant UTax CutsTax Breaks Author:John McCain
“Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas.” ShouldSocialEducationQualityBreakRichEconomicSecurityDrugOffersTaxesBenefitsAreasProgramAddDefenseShoreAssistanceSocial SecurityPrescriptionsMedicareSurplusPublic EducationPrescription DrugsTax BreaksRural Areas Author:Bennie Thompson
“Everyone wants a more simple tax system. But if this means that certain tax breaks have to be cut, people are no longer so enthusiastic.” PeopleIfsWantMeanCertainSimpleMoneyBreakCuttingTaxesEnthusiasticTax BreaksTax System Author:Angela Merkel
“I've voted in some cases to remove and reduce tax breaks for the oil industry in other cases I've voted not to because I felt that the proposals covered too much.” FeltBreakCasesToo MuchIndustryTaxesOilRemoveCoveredProposalTax BreaksOil Industry Author:Jeff Bingaman
“Well, the taxes that everyone else is paying are supporting lots of programs that were in place prior to Barack Obama's new spending. So new spending has too be paid for by new taxes, or by eliminating existing tax breaks. And Obama wants that burden to be borne exclusively by the rich.” WantWellsBreakRichTaxesProgramPaidBurdenSpendingEliminatingTax Breaks Author:Dinesh D'Souza
“Once again, the Republicans in the Senate have rejected an increase in the minimum wage. They support tax breaks for multi-millionaires, but they oppose helping the working poor to earn a decent income.” HelpingPoorBreakSupportRepublicanTaxesIncreaseIncomeDecentSenateRejectedMinimumMillionaireMinimum WageTax Breaks Author:Mark Dayton
“We've got a tax code that is encouraging flight of jobs and outsourcing. And that's why we've specifically recommended in this campaign that Congress change our tax code so that we stop giving tax breaks to companies that are moving to Mexico and China and other places, and start putting those tax breaks into companies that are investing here in the United States.” GivingStatesJobsMovingUnitedCompanyBreakUnited StatesTaxesInvestingCongressChinaFlightCodeMexicoOutsourcingTax Breaks Author:Barack Obama