“My purpose in life always has been to avoid work. And I hear these people saying, "I work hard and I pay my taxes." Well, you're an asshole.” PeopleWellsHas BeensHardPurposePayHard WorkTaxesPurpose Of Life Author:Malachy McCourt
“When I'm writing in long hand, it just goes on and on and on. When I was in the saloon business, I would just greet people and talk to them and avoid taxes, and getting behind the bar. What else.” PeopleWritingLongHandsBehindsGoes OnTaxesBarsSaloons Author:Malachy McCourt
“I had been through, of course, the divorce and I had been hit with some taxes that really showed me to be careful who's working with you and your money, and you have to be the one that is responsible for your money - you can't trust anyone and I did and I ran into a problem.” ProblemCoursesTaxesResponsibleCarefulDivorceRanBe CarefulCan't Trust Anyone Author:Nas
“I had nothing to do with death panels. I thought it was a horrible phrase about end of life. I didn't think it was accurate, and I was - I've always been opposed to it. The reason why I stood behind that phrase "death tax" for so many years is because the only time that you could pay that tax, the only time, is on the death of a relative. And that's what makes it a death tax. You have to be accurate.” ThinkingYearsEndsReasonPayBehindsTaxesHorribleReason WhyPhrasesRelativeAccurateOnly TimeEnd Of Life Author:Frank Luntz
“What would be wrong with letting a kid go pro, and if it doesn't work out he can come back to college? What's the harm in that? The reason is the word "amateurism." The NCAA has to protect colleges' tax exemption.” IfsReasonWould BeKidsCollegeProtectTaxesWork OutHarmExemptionNcaaBack To College Author:Sonny Vaccaro
“Hillary Clinton, told a reporter that she and Bill aren't truly well-off, even though they're incredibly rich because they pay income taxes like everybody else. In fact, she says, they were so poor when they left the White House, they could hardly afford Bill's website memberships.” WellsFactsHouseLeftWhitePoorPayRichTaxesBillsClintonIncomeWhite HouseReportersWebsiteIncome TaxMembership Author:Peter Sagal
“I'd like to see a little more action on the energy side of things. I've been pushing for some kind of a carbon tax for years, and it seems to me we've had lots of opportunities to do it.” YearsKindLittlesSeemsActionOpportunityEnergySidesTaxesPushingCarbonCarbon Tax Author:Robert F. Engle
“We're talking about should we increase taxes? Why not put a tax on carbon emissions. It would raise a lot of money, it would reduce the environmental damages in the future, it would solve so many problems, and it would be a much more constructive thing to do than to think about raising the income tax.” ThinkingShouldProblemWould BeTalkingTaxesIncreaseRaisesEnvironmentalSolveIncomeThings To DoDamageWhy NotLots Of MoneyCarbonConstructiveEmissionsIncome TaxCarbon EmissionsEnvironmental Damage Author:Robert F. Engle
“The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless.” WantSoulPoliticalLibertyPoliticianTaxesLibertarianYour SoulDependentLibertarianismWornHelpless Author:James Dale Davidson
“...How can Americans living in the freest country in the world be 'slaves'? We don't even enjoy the liberty of serfs. ( A serf paid only 25% of his earnings to his feudal lord. How much income tax do you pay?) Don't kid yourselves, we're slaves. Slaves with weekends off.” WorldCountryKidsEnjoyPayLibertyLordTaxesGunPaidSlaveIncomeWeekendEarningGun ControlIncome TaxBe A SlaveSerfs Author:Kenneth W. Royce
“Why do you think there's so many thousands of Cuban doctors in Florida? Because they all had to leave Cuba. Because doctors were rich, and so the [Fidel] Castro government began confiscating all their property. Not much different from this plan to tax you at a higher rate if you and your family, you and your spouse make over $250,000. You're rich! So they must confiscate more your money.” IfsThinkingDifferentGovernmentRichPlansHigherTaxesDoctorsPropertyRateOur FamilyFloridaSpouseCubaCubanCastro Author:Rafael Cruz
“I should say the leadership's proposal in the Senate and the House are very unpopular. And when people realize it will raise taxes, raise their insurance premiums cost and explode the deficit, they think twice about it.” PeopleThinkingShouldHouseRealizingCostTaxesRaisesSenateDeficitProposalThink Twice Author:Rahm Emanuel
“We began to temper Western democracy with what I'd call a social contract. We put in Social Security, graduated income tax, workers' compensation. We developed strong unions to negotiate with business owners so workers got an equitable share of the profits.” StrongSocialDemocracyShareSecurityTaxesUnionsWesternWorkersProfitIncomeOwnersContractsTemperSocial SecurityCompensationIncome TaxBusiness OwnersEquitableSocial Contract Author:John Shelby Spong
“And the fact is - is if you lower - if you lower taxes, you don't have to wait for the money to get to the states, the money to get out in contracts. You send a signal immediately, and so businesses start making decisions.” IfsStatesFactsWaitingDecisionTaxesContractsSignalsMaking Decisions Author:John Boehner
“You lower the [tax] rate, you will motivate and incentivize more people to put more capital at risk to create more jobs.” PeopleJobsRiskTaxesRate Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“Suppose that throughout your childhood you were good with numbers. Other kids used to copy your homework. You figured store discounts faster than your parents. People came to you for help with such things. So you took accounting and eventually became a tax auditor for the IRS. What an embarrassing job, right? You feel you should be writing poetry or doing aviation mechanics or whatever. But then you realize that tax collecting can be a calling too.” PeopleFeelsShouldWritingHelpingKidsJobsUsedParentRealizingNumbersChildhoodCallingTaxesStoresFasterYour ChildrenAviationCopiesEmbarrassingMechanicCollectingHomeworkAccountingIrsDiscountsWriting PoetryAuditors Author:James Hillman
“I am not a great fan of the payroll tax holiday because I'm nervous about what it does to the future of Social Security.” DoeSocialFansSecurityTaxesNervousHolidaySocial SecurityPayrollGreat FansPayroll Tax Author:Bernie Sanders
“What I do believe absolutely is that in the middle of a recession, the American middle class and working class needs a tax relief.” NeedsBelieveClassMiddleTaxesReliefMiddle ClassWorking ClassRecessions Author:Bernie Sanders
“I find it extraordinary that I'm being told I can't trust you the voter to get a government in to protect workers rights and that we need Brussels to defend you, the euro is a broken project we are going to pay, no you are going to pay out of your taxes one bailout out of another and the European union does not protect your jobs.” NeedsDoeI CanGovernmentJobsPayRightsBrokenProtectTaxesProjectsUnionsExtraordinaryWorkersVotersEuropean UnionEuroBrusselsBailoutsWorkers RightsCan't Trust You Author:Gisela Stuart
“All it takes is Harry Reid saying a friend told him [Mitt] Romney hadn't paid his taxes in ten years and it's over. But these kinds of things aren't gonna work on [Donald] Trump.” YearsKindTrumpTenTaxesPaidRomney Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Except for the usual house chores, doing income tax, etc., I am free to write whenever I want.” WantWritingHouseTaxesIncomeEtcUsualIncome TaxChores Author:Yuriy Tarnawsky
“I think something like three-quarters of American currency is held abroad, by drug dealers, by tax evaders, Russians and Chinese. Other people think that they want to protect themselves against their own currency going down. When you have 75% of the currency and even more of the high-denomination $100 bills held abroad, you wonder whether these are people we really want to pay. If you get rid of the $100 bills, its foreign holders will be the main losers.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantThreePayWonderDrugProtectTaxesBillsChineseLoserQuartersCurrencyDealerDenominationsDrug Dealers Author:Michael Hudson
“After Brexit referendum, our country faces major challenges. Risks to the economy and living standards are growing. The public is split.The government is in disarray. Ministers have made it clear they have no exit plan, but are determined to make working people pay with a new round of cuts and tax rises.” PeopleMadeCountryGovernmentFacesChallengesPayEconomyClearCuttingGrowingPlansRiskTaxesMajorsStandardsRoundsDeterminedOur CountryMade ItMinistersSplitsExitReferendumsDisarrayNo Exit Author:Wes Streeting
“I don't think this is a situation where you can say that Congress was avoiding any mention of the tax power. It'd be one thing if Congress explicitly disavowed an exercise of the tax power. But given that it hasn't done so, it seems to me that it's - not only is it fair to read this as an exercise of the tax power, but this court has got an obligation to construe it as an exercise of the tax power if it can be upheld on that basis.” IfsThinkingDoneSeemsGivenSituationOne ThingExerciseTaxesFairsBasesCourtCongressObligationAvoiding Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“Very quickly the lawyers in the Justice Department pulled together a set of recommendations about how we ought to defend the law as a constitutional matter. And it was the lawyers in the Justice Department who thought that it was important to include the tax power argument as part of it.” ImportantMatterTogetherLawJusticeOughtTaxesArgumentLawyerDepartmentRecommendations Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“The president [Barak Obama] had been asked some questions by George Stephanopoulos on a news show about whether it was a tax. And he had given an answer that you might read as him saying it wasn't a tax. I think what he said was, "It isn't a tax increase on all Americans."” ThinkingSaidShowsMightGivenPresidentAnswersTaxesNewsIncreaseTax IncreasesBarak Obama Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“Justice [Sonia]Sotomayor said, "Let's talk - you want to talk about the tax power."And I got like a 10-minute run on the tax power. And, boy, was I glad I did because I was able to get across this idea that, yes, this is a narrower ground on which you can affirm it. And I think everybody agrees. I think even the dissenting justices ultimately in the case agreed that, if Congress had expressly called it a tax, it would be indisputably constitutional.” IfsThinkingWantSaidIdeasWould BeRunningAbleJusticeBoysCasesMinutesTaxesAgreeCongressGlad Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“It's the spring of 2012, that the [Barak] Obama administration would be embracing the argument that the Affordable Care Act was a tax, and that was going to, itself, be a political albatross.” Would BeCarePoliticalTaxesSpringArgumentAdministrationAffordableAffordable Care ActAlbatrossBarak Obama Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“We need to repeal and replace Obamacare. It is the largest tax in U.S. history, has proven to be a job-killer, and has driven up the cost of healthcare.” NeedsJobsCostTaxesDrivenHealthcareKillersProvenObamacare Author:Joni Ernst
“In the Iowa senate, I helped pass the largest tax cut in state history - returning over four billion dollars in savings and putting more money back in the pockets of hard-working Iowa families.” HardStatesFourCuttingHard WorkTaxesDollarsBillionsSavingPocketsSenateMore MoneySavingsTax CutsIowa Author:Joni Ernst
“In the U.S. Senate, in the short term we need to reduce the tax burden on hard working individuals, families, and small businesses.” NeedsHardIndividualTermHard WorkTaxesBurdenSenateSmall BusinessShort TermTax Burden Author:Joni Ernst
“Over the longer term, we need to work toward a pro-growth tax code that is fairer and simpler than what we have now. Anything that meets those criteria is going to be better than the failing and dysfunctional tax code we have today.” NeedsTodayGrowthTermFailingTaxesCodeCriteria Author:Joni Ernst
“Here in Iowa, as a state senator, I have worked hard to find solutions that work for our state and as a result we've reduced taxes and lowered the unemployment rate. We have done that through hard work and sticking to our Iowa values. In the final months of this campaign I'll be asking voters to send me, and those Iowa values, to Washington, D.C.” HardStatesDoneValuesResultsHard WorkMonthsTaxesSolutionsAskingFinalsRateCampaignsVotersSenatorsUnemploymentIowaUnemployment Rate Author:Joni Ernst
“I'm no communist.I'm a tax cutting Conservative. But I want a capitalism that is fairer to forgotten people.” PeopleWantCuttingTaxesCapitalismForgottenConservativeCommunist Author:Boris Johnson
“We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.” ShouldEndsTaxesBudgetsParliamentSurplus Author:Theresa May
“I think we need to talk about mental illness a lot more. People complain about tax dollars and say we don't have the money. But if we can't put some of our investments, or some of our money back into humans, isn't that where it all begins?” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsHumansTaxesDollarsInvestmentIllnessComplainingMental IllnessTax Dollars Author:Nia Long
“It is clearly important for all leadership candidates to be open and transparent about their tax affairs. I was very happy to publish mine today, and hope others will follow suit.” ImportantTodayMinesTaxesAffairSuitsCandidatesVery HappyPublishTransparent Author:Theresa May
“God can use anything, and anyone - even a king or a president, even a tax collector or a businessman, a priest or a prostitute, a Republican or a Democrat.” UsePresidentKingsRepublicanTaxesDemocratPriestsBusinessmanCollectors Author:Shane Claiborne
“Andrea Leadsom also denies any tax avoidance, says she 'shopped around' for a good deal and it was from a British bank that booked the biz in Jersey.” DealsTaxesDenyBritishJerseyAvoidanceAndrea Author:Laura Kuenssberg
“Andrea Leadsom promises to publish tax return tomorrow if she gets on ballot - it's boring.” IfsReturnTomorrowPromiseTaxesBoringPublishBallotsAndreaTax Returns Author:Laura Kuenssberg
“The hardest obstacle I've ever had to overcome is probably my first steps into adulthood: paying rent, groceries, cooking, taxes. I was so anxious to grow up, and now I'm wishing I was still a kid.” FirstsStillsKidsWishGrowsStepsGrowing UpTaxesOvercomingCookingObstaclesHardestAnxiousFirst StepsAdulthoodGroceriesPaying Rent Author:Dillon Lane
“We've got people in the Republican Party that just believe that if you just cut taxes for corporations, and that you have more trade, and we just bring in more people from abroad, that this is going to help the average guy. Well, it's not. I mean, this is an honest dispute. We're going to have a dispute about it. The American people agree with [Donald] Trump and I agree with Trump on those things.” PeopleIfsBelieveWellsMeanHelpingGuyPartyCuttingHonestTrumpRepublicanTaxesAgreeTradeAverageCorporationsRepublican PartyDisputesJust Believe Author:Jeff Sessions
“I would acknowledge that [Paul] Ryan has some really good ideas about things, and I think they'll get together, like taxes. Larry Kudlow, Stephen Moore, they've been supportive of Ryan's tax view and now they're very supportive of [Donald] Trump's. So I think that's got potential.” ThinkingIdeasTogetherViewsTrumpTaxesAcknowledgeGood IdeasSupportiveLarryGet Together Author:Jeff Sessions
“We're going to build a wall. Donald Trump never said it's going to go from one end of the country, from the Gulf to the Pacific, and he'll use good judgment about that. And there are ways, through tax and regulation policies, that we can - and immigrant fees - that this could be paid for. I have not studied the details of it but, absolutely, I think that is possible.” ThinkingWaySaidEndsCountryUsePolicyWallTrumpTaxesJudgmentPaidDetailsImmigrantsRegulationPacificFeesGood Judgment Author:Jeff Sessions
“More taxes, more regulation, more Washington domination, more debt. Those things are not the future for America. They will never work.” AmericaTaxesDebtRegulationDomination Author:Jeff Sessions
“Those policies - more taxes, more regulation, more debt, more spending, more government - will make American worse. It just will, in my view.” GovernmentViewsPolicyTaxesDebtSpendingRegulation Author:Jeff Sessions
“Due to the major demographic changes we have gone through in the last few years in this country, we will be a majority/minority nation and there are a large number of people who do not like that. Donald Trump has tapped into those people's fears because he comes from the extreme right wing part of the Republican Party, as does Ted Cruz. They believe that we should cut taxes to wealthy Americans and enforce anti immigrant laws. They don't believe in Education or Social Security, they would end it and change it and privatize it.” PeopleShouldYearsBelieveDoeEndsCountryLastsLawNationsSocialPartyNumbersGoneCuttingSecurityTrumpRepublicanTaxesMajorsMajorityWingsDon't BelieveExtremesDuesMinoritiesImmigrantsWealthyRepublican PartySocial SecurityRight WingLarge NumbersDemographicsCruz Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“[Donald] Trump and all the Republicans believe in the theory of trickle down economics which is a theory discredited even by the author himself David Stockton. The theory suggests that if we take care of the people at the top, if we cut taxes for the wealthy, if we make sure they are doing really well, then the investments that they make in the economy and the jobs that will create, will make everything grow and it will have a trickle down effect on the rest of us.” PeopleIfsBelieveWellsCareJobsGrowsEconomyCuttingEffectsTheoryTrumpRepublicanTaxesEconomicsInvestmentTake CareWealthyTrickle DownTrickle Down Economics Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“I don't think any Australian will ever forget, there will never be a Carbon Tax under a government I lead.” ThinkingGovernmentForgetTaxesCarbonAustralianCarbon Tax Author:Nigel Scullion
“It's why we oppose Citizens United from that right-wing Supreme Court. In 2012, I also said the Tea Party "acted like terrorists" and called a donut shop manager in Milwaukee who wanted lower taxes a "smartass." And I said the number one issue is a three-letter word, J-O-B-S." I'm proud of who I am.” SaidWantedThreeUnitedPartyNumbersIssuesProudCitizensTaxesLettersCourtWingsTerroristSupremeWho I AmManagersTeaShopsSupreme CourtRight WingTea PartyDonutsSmartassMilwaukeeCitizens United Author:Joe Biden