“The best thing government can do now is get out of the way and let small businesses innovate, hire and grow. Unfortunately, this is unlikely to happen unless Washington stops increasing regulations, taxes and other blocks to business growth.” WayGovernmentHappensGrowsGrowthCan DoTaxesBlockBest ThingsRegulationSmall BusinessUnlikelyBusiness Growth Author:Oliver DeMille
“Many Republicans have what I call a 'tax-cut syndrome' where they have never seen a tax cut they didn't really like and didn't see a tax increase they didn't hate and do everything they could to block.” HateCuttingRepublicanTaxesIncreaseBlockSyndromesTax CutsTax Increases Author:Peter George Peterson
“If you behave like a good citizen, and you upgrade and improve your property, your reward will be the government will take more money from you. So using that analogy, you should let your house become the shithole on the block and they'll reduce your taxes and you'll pay less. Be a bad citizen with your neighbors, right? You'll save money then.” IfsShouldGovernmentHousePayCitizensTaxesPropertyRewardsNeighborBlockBehaveMore MoneySaving MoneyAnalogiesGood Citizen Author:Jesse Ventura
“Americans spend about 6 billion hours a year collecting the data and filling out the forms. We spend $10 billion to H&R Block and other preparers. And on top of that, $2 billion in tax preparation software, which still takes hours of work. It's outrageous the burden we put on people, and guess what, you go to Europe, you go to Japan, it's 15 minutes and costs nothing.” PeopleHoursTaxesBurdenBlockPreparationSoftware Author:T.R. Reid
“I'd like to help struggling homeowners who can't pay their mortgages, I'd like to invest in our crumbling infrastructure, I'd like to reform the tax system so multimillionaires can't pretend their earnings are capital gains and pay at the rate of 15 percent. I'd like to make public higher education free, and pay for it with a small transfer tax on all financial transactions. I'd like to do much more - a new new deal for Americans. But Republicans are blocking me at every point.” HelpingStruggleRepublicanTaxesRateFinancialBlockMortgageHigher EducationHomeowners Author:Barack Obama