“There's one big difference between me and the others - I won't take every last dime of the surplus and spend it on tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy. I'll use the bulk of the surplus to secure Social Security far into the future to keep our promise to the greatest generation.” UseBigsLastsSocialDifferencesCuttingGenerationsSecurityPromiseTaxesBenefitsSecureWealthySocial SecurityDimesTax CutsSurplusGreatest Generation Author:John McCain
“If we do nothing, we are handing our children a ticking time bomb that will require they pay ever greater payroll taxes just as they are beginning their careers, starting their own families and staking their claim to the American Dream.” IfsChildrenDreamPayCareersGreaterTaxesClaimsOur ChildrenStartingBombsAmerican DreamPayrollTime BombPayroll TaxTicking TimeTicking Time Bombs Author:John McCain
“Under my plan, 85 percent of America will pay no tax or have a flat tax at our lowest rate of 15 percent.” AmericaPayPlansTaxesPercentRateFlatsLowestFlat Tax Author:John McCain
“The 'Main Street' retailers ... see customers come to the store to locate items ... only to leave and order the items over the Internet just to escape the sales tax.” OrderStreetsInternetTaxesCustomersStoresItemsMain StreetRetailersSales Tax Author:John McCain
“I believe that Congress will and must act before then to renew its objections to multiple and discriminatory taxes on the Internet, as well as to taxes that inhibit Internet access.” BelieveWellsI BelieveInternetTaxesCongressAccessMultipleObjectionsInternet Access Author:John McCain
“In the Washington soft money game, big business and big labor are accomplices working together to protect the mushy middle of big government, with plenty of special interest plums: Big unions get big spending and big business gets corporate welfare and special tax breaks - all at the expense of average Americans.” BigsGovernmentTogetherGamesInterestBreakMiddleSpecialProtectTaxesLaborUnionsAverageSpendingPlentyCorporateWelfareWorking TogetherExpensesSpecial InterestsBig BusinessBig GovernmentPlumsAccomplicesTax Breaks Author:John McCain
“They're all tied together: taxes, Medicare, Social Security, and the debt. We've got to have a setting of priorities, and looking at it - at each of them as disconnected, I think, doesn't properly address these major challenges.” ThinkingTogetherSocialChallengesSecurityTaxesMajorsDebtPrioritiesSettingSettingsAddressesTiedSocial SecurityMedicareDisconnected Author:John McCain
“Trickle down economics is a fraud. Giving tax breaks to the rich and large corporations does not create jobs. It simply makes the rich richer, enlarges the deficit and increases income and wealth inequality. We need economic policies which benefit working families, not the billionaire class.” NeedsGivingDoeJobsWealthClassBreakRichEconomicPolicyTaxesBenefitsEconomicsIncreaseIncomeInequalityCorporationsFraudDeficitBillionaireEconomic PolicyTax BreaksTrickle DownWealth InequalityTrickle Down Economics Author:Bernie Sanders
“The not-quite-sort-of lie works here too - often an ad will announce that "Congressman Johnson voted for a bill that gave tax breaks to companies like Enron." True - although the bill allowed all companies to accelerate depreciation of copying machines. Yes, Enron benefited, but Enron also benefited from the revolution of the Earth around the sun. Hardly an argument to freeze the planet in one spot.” EarthLyingCompanyBreakSunPlanetsRevolutionTaxesArgumentMachinesBillsSpotsAdsJohnsonFreezeCongressmanCopyingAccelerateTax BreaksEnronDepreciation Author:James Lileks
“High tax rates are followed by attempts of ingenious men to beat them as surely as surely as snow is followed by little boys on sleds.” MenLittlesBoysTaxesBeatsRateSnowLittle BoysIngeniousHigh Taxes Author:Arthur Melvin Okun
“If we stuck to the Constitution as written, we would have: no federal meddling in our schools; no Federal Reserve; no U.S. membership in the UN; no gun control; and no foreign aid. We would have no welfare for big corporations, or the "poor"; no American troops in 100 foreign countries; no NAFTA, GAT, or "fast-track"; no arrogant federal judges usurping states rights; no attacks on private property; no income tax. We could get rid of most of the agencies, and most of the budget. The government would be small, frugal, and limited.” IfsCountryStatesBigsGovernmentWould BeSchoolPoorRightsWrittenJudgingTaxesGunConstitutionPropertyTrackAidsStuckIncomeBudgetsCorporationsWelfareAgencyArrogantTroopsReservesGun ControlIncome TaxPrivate PropertyMembershipFederal ReserveForeign CountriesFrugalMeddlingForeign AidNaftaStates RightsAmerican TroopsBig CorporationsFederal Judges Author:Ron Paul
“The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators until they flee, increase government spending in order to boost employment, promise generous pension plans to keep people voting for failure. Rinse, wash and repeat.” PeopleEnoughStoriesGovernmentJobsOrderGrowsSimpleCitiesPlansPromiseTaxesCapitalismIncreaseCreatorSpendingCampaignsIncomeEmploymentInequalityGenerousRepeatsVotingDetroitBankruptcyBoostPensionGovernment SpendingIncome InequalityJob CreatorsPension Plans Author:Ben Shapiro
“I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law.” SchoolLawCollegeTaxesProgramBackgroundsModestLaw School Author:Michele Bachmann
“The pandering and ignorance-across-party-lines represented by the John McCain-Hillary Clinton united front for a temporary reduction in the gasoline tax should make Americans hold their heads in their hands and moan [...] Please. This is embarrassing. It makes me long for the good old days of debating about flag pins on the lapel.” ShouldLongHandsLinesUnitedPartyFrontsIgnorancePleaseTaxesClintonTemporaryFlagsEmbarrassingPinsReductionOld DaysMccainGasolineGood Old DaysUnited Front Author:James Fallows
“Hillary Clinton has decided to line up with John McCain in pushing to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline, 18.4 cents a gallon, for this summer's travel season. This is not an energy policy. This is money laundering: we borrow money from China and ship it to Saudi Arabia and take a little cut for ourselves as it goes through our gas tanks. What a way to build our country.” WayLittlesCountryEnergyLinesCuttingPolicyTaxesSummerDecidedSeasonsClintonChinaShipsOur CountryGasPushingCentsTanksArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisMccainGasolineGallonsEnergy PolicyMoney Laundering Author:Thomas Friedman
“In every major war we have fought in the 19th and 20th centuries. Americans have been asked to pay higher taxes - and nonessential programs have been cut - to support the military effort. Yet during this Iraq war, taxes have been lowered and domestic spending has climbed. In contrast to World War I, World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam, for most Americans this conflict has entailed no economic sacrifice. The only people really sacrificing for this war are the troops and their families.” PeopleWorldHas BeensWarEffortPaySupportCuttingSacrificeEconomicCenturyMilitaryHigherConflictTaxesMajorsProgramIraqSpendingWar Of The WorldsVietnamWorld War IiContrastWorld War ITroops20th CenturyKoreanIraq WarKorean War Author:Robert Hormats
“Conservatives won't want to hear this, but the Republican who maneuvered his way into the most impressive victory of the election was California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Okay, he's sui generis. But he won a landslide victory after moving to the center, while holding onto conservatives by not hiking taxes.” WayWantMovingVictoryRepublicanTaxesOkayElectionCaliforniaHikingImpressiveHolding OnSchwarzeneggerLandslides Author:Fred Barnes
“...100% of what is collected is absorbed solely by interest on the Federal Debt...all individual income tax revenues are gone before one nickel is spent on the services taxpayers expect from government.” GovernmentIndividualInterestGoneTaxesDebtIncomeRevenueTaxpayersIncome TaxNickels Author:Ronald Reagan
“I get how devastating high taxes are to job creation.” JobsCreationTaxesJob CreationHigh Taxes Author:Michele Bachmann
“I'd like to give zero out capital gains tax and zero out the dividends tax, zero out alternative minimum tax, and zero out the death tax.” GivingTaxesGainsAlternativesZeroMinimumDividendsCapital GainsCapital Gains Tax Author:Michele Bachmann
“According to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center, Donald Trump`s tax plan is going to increase the national debt by more than 50 percent over ten years.” YearsPlansPolicyTrumpTenTaxesPercentIncreaseDebtAnalysisNational Debt Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“The [Donald] Trump plan would increase the national debt a little over a $1 trillion a year, the Trump plan would reduce taxes at all income levels with, of course, the biggest tax cuts going to the richest taxpayers as they always do.” YearsLittlesCoursesLevelsCuttingPlansTrumpTaxesIncreaseDebtIncomeTaxpayersTax CutsNational Debt Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Donald Trump would not lose a single voter over any report indicating that his tax plan might not work.” MightLosesPlansTrumpTaxesReportsVoters Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Actually, Congress just did pass a tax plan like Donald Trump`s.They passed a tax plan which some Democrats voted for, significant number of Democrats which gave huge tax breaks to wealthy people and corporations.” PeopleNumbersBreakPlansHugeTrumpTaxesDemocratCongressSignificantCorporationsWealthyTax BreaksSignificant Numbers Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“The Democrats - Democrats on board, the Congress said tax policy.But their tax policy was pretty bad, that added $800 billion to the deficit.” SaidPolicyTaxesDemocratCongressBillionsBoardsDeficit Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Do away with the corporate loopholes that allow major profitable corporations to stash their money in the Cayman Islands and not pay a nickel in some cases in federal income taxes.” PayCasesTaxesMajorsIncomeCorporateCorporationsIslandsProfitableIncome TaxLoopholesNickelsCayman Islands Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“We`re going to raise the estate tax for wealthy, very wealthy people.” PeopleTaxesRaisesWealthyEstatesEstate Taxes Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“I believe the United States should join the rest of the world through paid family and medical leave. It would cost us a $1.61 a week in an increase in payroll tax.I think that`s a great investment.” ThinkingWorldShouldBelieveStatesI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesWeekCostTaxesIncreasePaidInvestmentMedicalPayrollPayroll Tax Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“I'm the strongest advocate you can imagine for doing things honestly and paying your taxes. Take advantage of every tax break you're legally entitled to. But I follow the letter of the law, because the consequences are severe if you're caught. I was a perpetrator at one time and suffered severe consequences. It is difficult in some places, but if you live in places like California, move somewhere else to save some money.” IfsMovingLawDifficultBreakImagineTaxesConsequenceAdvantageLettersCaughtHonestlyCaliforniaStrongestOne TimeEntitledSevereSomewhere ElsePerpetratorsTax Breaks Author:Michael Franzese
“Some people do rely too much on technology. Look, technology is wonderful and I love it. When I was in the UK and I had hit records I would also have a high tax bill at the end of the year, and that would be the time to buy up all the technology - it was write offs.” PeopleWritingYearsLooksEndsWould BeTechnologyRecordsToo MuchWonderfulTaxesBillsRelyHigh Taxes Author:Tony Visconti
“We need to enact fundamental tax reform. The weight and complexity of our 73,000-page tax code are crushing everyday Americans. We need to radically simplify the tax code so that we can re-start the real engine of growth in our economy. That means our tax code needs to go from 73,000 pages down to about three pages.” NeedsMeanRealThreeGrowthEconomyTaxesPagesWeightFundamentalsEverydayReformCodeComplexityCrushEnginesSimplifyTax Reform Author:Carly Fiorina
“We must move from revenue-neutral to revenue-reducing tax reform, because the federal government spends far too much money.” GovernmentMovingToo MuchTaxesReformFederal GovernmentRevenueReducingTax Reform Author:Carly Fiorina
“I will support a low, flat tax for businesses and individuals so that we fix the tax base and grow the economy.” IndividualGrowsSupportEconomyTaxesLowsFlatsFlat Tax Author:Carly Fiorina
“I pay taxes in three countries, but can't vote in any of them.” CountryThreePayTaxesVote Author:Eric Idle
“f the government is going to put money into the automobile sector, it should break up GM and Chrysler as a condition of financial aid, and it should be even-handed in its treatment of start-up firms like Tesla, Miles, Fisker, and others. It would be terrible to kill the entrepreneurs who have taken great risks to bring new automotive technologies to market by pumping tax dollars into the behemoths that have done everything wrong for the last years.” ShouldYearsDoneGovernmentWould BeLastsBreakTechnologyTakenRiskConditionsTerribleTaxesDollarsEntrepreneurFinancialAidsMilesFirmTreatmentLast YearAutomobileGreat RiskTeslaTax DollarsChryslerBehemothFinancial Aid Author:Denis Hayes
“Thatcher had broken the miners' union, all but crushed the Labour Party, dramatically cut back the welfare state, even flirted with a poll tax. In the circles I ran in, Reagan was mocked as a childish dolt. Thatcher was despised.” StatesPartyCuttingBrokenTaxesUnionsCirclesRanWelfareLabourPollsCrushedDespisedWelfare StateMinersLabour Party Author:Jon Weisman
“I’m not only a lawyer, I have a post-doctorate degree in federal tax law from William and Mary. I’ve worked in serious scholarship ... my husband and I have raised five kids, we’ve raised 23 foster children. We’ve applied ourselves to education reform. We started a charter school for at-risk kids.” ChildrenStatesKidsSchoolLawUnitedUnited StatesFiveRiskSeriousHusbandTaxesDegreesCourtRaisedLawyerReformPostsMy HusbandMaryScholarshipFoster ChildrenCharterEducation ReformDoctoratesCharter SchoolsFederal Taxes Author:Michele Bachmann
“We like to say the Internet is the ultimate library. But libraries are libraries because people come together and fund them through taxes. Libraries actually exist, all over the country, so why is it such a reach to imagine and to someday build a public institution that has a digital aspect to it? Of course the problem is that libraries and other public services are being defunded and are under attack, so there's a bigger progressive struggle this plays into.” PeopleCountryPlayProblemTogetherCoursesStruggleImagineInternetTaxesAspectUltimateBiggerInstitutionsLibrarySomedayDigitalFundProgressivePublic Service Author:Astra Taylor
“Everything we do is escapism, because we'll all be dead and everything we do is completely meaningless. Why brush your teeth? Why not be in the park with the bums passing a short dog? Why pay taxes, why get educated? Of course literature is an escape. You have to fill the hours.” CoursesLiteratureHoursPayDogTaxesPassingTeethPassingsEducatedParksWhy NotMeaninglessBrushesEscapismShort Dog Author:T.C. Boyle
“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
“I think that a lot of teenagers think they got it all down-pat. Especially when they first move out and they're on their own for the first time. Oh this is easy, this is breezy. Then all of a sudden it hits you in your mid-twenties that maybe you don't know how to do your taxes still. There's all kinds of things and you start calling your parents up again.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsKindStillsMovingEasyParentKnow HowCallingTaxesFirst TimeTwentiesAll KindsTeenagerBreezy Author:Katy Perry
“As long as Republicans won't - won't raise taxes and as long as Democrats won't in any way make entitlements based on need, rather than just across the board, I really think that we're doomed to this deadlock.” ThinkingWayNeedsLongRepublicanTaxesRaisesDemocratBoardsDoomedEntitlement Author:Mark Shields
“You have to understand that Republicans are on lockstep on one issue. They will not raise taxes. Democrats are in lockstep on another issue, pro-choice in all cases on abortion.” ChoicesCasesIssuesRepublicanTaxesRaisesDemocratAbortion Author:Mark Shields
“I suggested that countries with tighter finances think about such a [fuel] tax. We don't have the time at the moment for months of discussion.” ThinkingCountryMomentsMonthsTaxesFinanceDiscussionFuel Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“Donald Trump got himself very far to the left. When he was considering running for president in 2000, he was for a 13 percent wealth tax on wealthy people to retire the national debt.” PeopleRunningLeftPresidentWealthTrumpTaxesPercentDebtWealthyRetiringConsideringNational Debt Author:Chris Hayes
“It is America, I don't want the government trying to control more of my life. I want less government control, and I think there are too many government regulations, laws and taxes on the books.” ThinkingWantTryingBookGovernmentAmericaLawTaxesRegulationGovernment Regulation Author:Trent Lott
“I don't smoke because I like to do so, but because it makes me pay cigarette taxes, which helps build roads and water supplies.” HelpingWaterPayTaxesSmokeCigaretteSupplies Author:George Singleton
“Think about all the selfish non-smokers out there, driving around on asphalt, drinking water out of the tap, not even thinking about how smokers' taxes help pay for it all.” ThinkingHelpingWaterPayTaxesDrinkingSelfishDrivingDrinking WaterSmokersAsphalt Author:George Singleton
“To get started, track your expenses for a couple of months. Then you should be able to start filling in your estimated debits and deposits for the next few months. Once you get it rolling for a while, you will be able to see your budget for the upcoming months reflected in the estimated totals. You can even notice year-to-year trends, like bonuses, tax bills, etc. that come up routinely and it will help you budget accordingly.” ShouldYearsHelpingAbleNextMonthsCoupleTaxesBillsTrackCome UpBudgetsEtcExpensesTrendsRollingFillingBonusDepositsFilling InDebit Author:Michelle Singletary