“Budget deficits are not caused by wild-eyed spenders, but by slow economic growth and periodic recessions. And any new recession would break all deficit records. In short, it is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low, and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now.” LongRunningTodayGrowthBreakCuttingEconomicTaxesRateEconomic GrowthParadoxical Author:John F. Kennedy
“There's a separation of church and state. If you want the perks that churches have traditionally received, then abide by the rules. If you're going to be involved in the political process, even in soft ways, then surrender the privileges. Let ministers pay income tax on all of their income. Let churches pay income tax, let them pay property taxes. They can't have it both ways. You can't pat the politicians on the back, break the rules, and then get all these perks.” PoliticalChurchBreakPoliticianTaxesPropertySeparationSurrenderChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateIncome Tax Author:Anthony B Pinn
“I don't know a lot of writers, even writers who have been on the bestseller list for a few weeks, or writers who have gotten movie options, who can live on just their writing income. Once you break it down to the years it took to write the book, place it, promote it, and you pay the agent, pay the taxes, the annual income is not enough to live on comfortably. I do not have a starving artist inclination. I'm from the working class. I don't feel creative unless I feel like my house is going to be there and I'm going to be fed. I can't worry about money and write. Maybe some people can.” PeopleWritingBookEnoughArtistHouseBreakWorryCreativeWeekTaxesWorking ClassStarving Artist Author:Debra Monroe
“Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs.” GivingJobsFormBreakTaxesCorporationsExtrasGeneral PublicTax BreaksTrickle Down Author:Andrew Mellon
“The 'fiscal cliff' is a ruse, an invention by the right and the rich, to try and keep their huge tax breaks.” TryingBreakRichHugeTaxesInventionCliffsTax BreaksFiscal Cliff Author:Michael Moore
“The dirty little secret is that the pool man, who's making $30,000 a year, is subsidizing the million-dollar mortgage for the family whose pool he cleans. No wonder people want to get rid of tax breaks for corporate jets.” PeopleMenWantYearsLittlesSecretWonderBreakMillionsTaxesDollarsCorporateDirtyPoolMillion DollarsJetMortgageNaughtyTax Breaks Author:Dee Dee Myers
“But let me perfectly clear, because I know you'll hear the same old claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase on the American people: if your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsMeanFamilyBreakClearTaxesLet MeClaimsIncreaseRepeatsMassiveRollingDimesTax BreaksTax Increases Author:Barack Obama
“No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.” WellsLongPresidentPartyBreakDemocracyTaxesCongressRefuseMathSpendingCompromiseWealthyAlliesGovernorsDeficitMonopolyRomneyTax BreaksGovernor Romney Author:Barack Obama
“If we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, if we choose to keep a tax break for corporate jet owners, if we choose to keep tax breaks for oil and gas companies that are making hundreds of billions of dollars, then that means we've got to cut some kids off from getting a college scholarship.” IfsMeanKidsCompanyBreakCuttingCollegeTaxesDollarsOilBillionsCorporateGasOwnersMillionaireScholarshipJetBillionaireTax BreaksOil And Gas Author:Barack Obama
“Now you have a choice: we can give more tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, or we can start rewarding companies that open new plants and train new workers and create new jobs here, in the United States of America.” GivingStatesJobsAmericaChoicesUnitedCompanyBreakUnited StatesTaxesTrainPlantWorkersShipsCorporationsUnited States Of AmericaNew JobTax Breaks Author:Barack Obama
“Mitt Romney has won the 2012 presidential nomination by promising Republicans that he would end a so-called 'culture of dependency' on welfare - welfare defined as 'free stuff' and food stamps for poor folks, not tax breaks for Big Oil or tax shelters for Bain executives.” EndsBigsCultureStuffPoorBreakRepublicanTaxesFolksOilDefinedPresidentialWelfareExecutivesShelterStampsRomneyDependencyNominationsTax BreaksFood StampsBig OilFree Stuff Author:Christine Pelosi