“There'll be some savings from preventing double dipping by public servants which are currently able to access not one but two fully tax payer funded schemes and of course there will be out paid parental leave levy. So all up not only is this an important economic reform, an important reform to have to grow our economy more strongly, it also will leave the budget better off which will help us fix the mess that Labor has created with the budget.” TwoImportantHelpingAbleCoursesGrowsEconomyEconomicTaxesLaborPaidAccessSavingMessReformBudgetsServantGet BetterSchemesBetter OffSavingsPreventingParentalPublic ServantsEconomic Reforms Author:Tony Abbott
“It was under Wilson, of course, that the first huge parts of the Marxist program, such as the progressive income tax, were incorporated into the American system.” FirstsCoursesHugeTaxesProgramIncomeProgressiveIncome TaxMarxistWilson Author:Robert W. Welch, Jr.
“The continual whine of lamenting the burden of taxes, however successfully it may be practiced in mixed governments, is inconsistent with the sense and spirit of a republic. If taxes are necessary, they are of course advantageous, but if they require an apology, the apology itself implies an impeachment. Why, then, is man imposed upon, or why does he impose upon himself?” IfsMenMayDoeGovernmentSpiritCoursesTaxesBurdenRepublicApologyInconsistentImpeachment Book:The Works of Thomas Paine: A Hero in the American Revolution. With an Account of His Life ... Source: The Works of Thomas Paine: A Hero in the American Revolution. With an Account of His Life ...
“They [NPR] are, of course, Nazis. They have a kind of Nazi attitude. They are the left wing of Nazism. These guys don't want any other point of view. They don't even feel guilty using tax dollars to spout their propaganda. They are basically Air America with government funding to keep them alive.” WantFeelsKindGovernmentAmericaGuyCoursesLeftViewsAttitudeAliveAirTaxesDollarsWingsPoint Of ViewGuiltyPropagandaNaziFundingNazismLeft WingTax DollarsNprGovernment FundingAir America Author:Roger Ailes
“If the US government spends 40 percent of the nation's income, as it does through either borrowing or taxes, that income is not available for people to spend. The deficit is an indirect method of taxation. Of course, politicians prefer to borrow instead of tax because then someone down the road has to deal with the consequences.” PeopleIfsDoeGovernmentCoursesNationsDealsPoliticianTaxesPercentConsequenceMethodAvailableIncomeTaxationDeficitDown The RoadBorrowingIndirect Author:Milton Friedman
“Is there another way? Of course there is. There is a way based on simple moral principles: Everyone keeps his own money. Everyone decides what to do with his own money. No income tax. No IRS. No government grants or assistance to anyone. All charity is voluntary. It's called freedom. It's a peaceful, harmonious way of life, one that Americans once believed in.” WayGovernmentCoursesSimpleMoralPrinciplesTaxesCharityIncomePeacefulGrantsAssistanceAnother WayHarmoniousIncome TaxIrsMoral Principles Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“President Lyndon Johnson's administration was known for his War on Poverty. President Obama's will become notable for his War on Prosperity. We're speaking, of course, of Obama's plans to hike income taxes on the most wealthy 2 or 3 percent of the nation. He's not just raising the top rate to 39.6 percent; he's also disallowing about one-third of top earner's deductions, whether for state and local taxes, charitable contributions or mortgage interest. This is an effective hike in their taxes by an average of about 20 percent.” WarStatesCoursesNationsPresidentInterestKnownPovertyPlansTaxesPercentThirdsRateAverageProsperityIncomeLocalsAdministrationContributionWealthyPresident ObamaJohnsonNotableMortgageIncome TaxCharitableDeductionsWar On PovertyPresident Lyndon Johnson Author:Dick Morris
“We have to have structural entitlement reform, major spending cuts and not tax increase-retardants on economic growth to reverse our current course toward national bankruptcy, but Obama steadfastly remains on the wrong side of all these solutions.” CoursesSidesGrowthCuttingEconomicTaxesMajorsSolutionsIncreaseRemainsCurrentsSpendingReformReverseEconomic GrowthEntitlementBankruptcyTax IncreasesSpending Cuts Author:David Limbaugh
“Bill Clinton gives the appearance of taking stands-for some sort of tax cut, some sort of welfare reform, some sort of balanced budget-but these are ploys, mirages: they exist only to undermine positions taken by the Republicans. He doesn't fight for anything substantive-except of course, re-election. ...He has fallen into the dangerous habit of lip synching the presidency: he gives the appearance of leadership, but not the substance.” GivingFightingCoursesTakenCuttingDangerousPositionHabitRepublicanTaxesElectionBillsClintonLipsAppearanceReformSubstanceBudgetsWelfareFallenBalancedPresidencyTax CutsMiragesBalanced BudgetPloyWelfare Reform Author:Joe Klein
“My net worth is the market value of holdings less the tax payable upon sale. The liability is just as real as the asset unless the value of the asset declines (ouch), the asset is given away (no comment), or I die with it. The latter course of action would appear to at least border on a Pyrrhic victory.” RealActionValuesDiesCoursesGivenVictoryTaxesBordersLatterAssetsCommentDeclineLiabilityNet WorthOuch Author:Warren Buffett
“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
“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
“Of course, we all have to be taxed, but once you start to earn more than £150,000, and start paying 45 per cent tax, you are penalised. It is like a witch hunt.” CoursesTaxesWitchCentsHuntsWitch Hunt Author:Anthea Turner
“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
“The G20 was established as a forum to discuss, first and foremost, world economic issues. If we load it with... Of course, politics affects economic processes, this is obvious, but if we bring some squabbles, or not squabbles, rather, some matters that are really important but relate purely to world politics, we will overload the G20 agenda and instead of addressing such issues as finance, structural economic reforms, tax evasion and so forth, we will engage in endless debates concerning the Syrian crisis or some other global challenges, of which there are many, or the Middle East problem.” IfsWorldFirstsImportantMatterProblemCoursesProcessChallengesIssuesEconomicMiddleTaxesCrisisObviousEastDebateEndlessFinanceReformRelateAgendasMiddle EastLoadForumsEvasionOverloadEconomic IssuesSquabblesWorld PoliticsEconomic ReformsTax Evasion Author:Vladimir Putin
“In the United States, the day when you pay your taxes is a day of mourning because this alien force - the government - is coming to rob you of your hard-earned money. That's the general attitude, and it's a tremendous victory for the opponents of democracy, and, of course, any privileged sector is going to hate democracy. You can see it in the healthcare debate.” HardStatesGovernmentHateCoursesForceUnitedPayAttitudeUnited StatesDemocracyVictoryTaxesDebateAliensOpponentsMourningHealthcarePrivileged Author:Noam Chomsky
“Donald Trump has assembled a group of people who know how to, quote, get it done, whatever it is. Now, the left is not gonna be happy with the things they want to get done. And they're gonna continue to oppose it even when they benefit from it, they are going to continue to oppose it, unless Trump comes in with massive tax increases when of course the Democrats will sign on for that.” PeopleKnowsWantDoneCoursesLeftKnow HowGroupsTrumpTaxesBenefitsIncreaseDemocratMassiveGet It DoneTax Increases Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Is it wrong to love another man? Of course not. It's not. And is it wrong to love your son, marry your son, to avoid paying taxes? Of course the people that would probably do this are people on the left who want everybody to pay more taxes.” PeopleMenWantCoursesLeftPayLove YouSonTaxesAnother ManYour SonPaying Taxes Author:Rush Limbaugh
“President Obama has admitted that Medicare is on an unsustainable course and that no amount of tax increases can fix it.” CoursesPresidentAmountTaxesIncreasePresident ObamaMedicareTax Increases Author:David Limbaugh