“People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes. The problem is that taxes aren't used efficiently.” PeopleShouldProblemUsedPayTaxesIncomeLike MeDividends Author:Mian Muhammad Mansha
“Republicans want to punish work and reward wealth; hence the high payroll tax and the low dividend tax. Said one Bush economic adviser, if we can't help wealthy investors and screw working people, what's the point in being a Republican?” PeopleIfsWantSaidHelpingWealthEconomicRepublicanTaxesLowsRewardsWealthyInvestorsScrewsAdviserDividendsPayrollPayroll Tax Author:Paul Begala
“They tax when you earn a dollar, they tax you when you save it, they tax you when you invest it. If you earn a dividend, they tax it again, and if you're stupid enough to die, they steal up to half.” IfsEnoughDiesHalfStupidTaxesDollarsStealingDividendsYou Re Stupid Author:Grover Norquist
“I love to tell how I'm suffering because one percent we're paying 25 percent of the total. We're not paying 25 percent of the total taxes on individuals. We're paying maybe 25 percent of the income tax, but the payroll tax is over a third of the receipts of the federal government. And they don't take that from me on capital gains. They don't take that from me on dividends. They take from the woman who comes in and takes the wastebaskets out.” GovernmentSufferingIndividualTaxesPercentGainsThirdsIncomeFederal GovernmentIncome TaxDividendsPayrollReceiptsCapital GainsPayroll Tax Author:Howard Warren Buffett
“A lot of people out there working hard and finally building up to getting a pretty good income. Higher tax rates on them, you know, the income rates going up, the dividend rates are going up, the capital gains rates all going up before health care kicks in.” PeopleKnowsHardCareBuildingHigherTaxesGainsRateIncomeHealth CareKicksDividendsBuilding UpCapital Gains Author:Fred Thompson
“Contrary to the rhetoric emanating from the American left, the 'rich' are currently paying a lot more than 'their fair share.' It is only a handful of mega-rich, those whose entire incomes are derived from dividends and capital gains, rather than salaries or business profits, who have the ability to pay lower tax rates than some members of the middle class. The left knows this but continues to build their 'freeloading millionaire' straw man because it makes good politics.” KnowsMenLeftAbilityPayClassRichShareMiddleTaxesMembersGainsFairsRateProfitContraryIncomeMiddle ClassRhetoricHandfulSalaryMillionaireStrawsDividendsFair ShareMegaCapital Gains Author:Peter Schiff
“Something got screwed up in terms of your priorities if you think it's more important to get rid of the dividend tax than it is to take care of 11 million kids.” IfsThinkingImportantCareKidsTermMillionsTaxesTake CarePrioritiesScrewed UpDividends Author:David S. Broder
“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
“We need to use economic instruments such as carbon taxes, cap and trade, tax and dividend and whatever else to help incentivize behavior that will move us to a post-carbon, post-animal agriculture world, and make our societies more resilient to the shocks that are already baked into the system. But that doesn't make climate change an "economic issue."” WorldNeedsHelpingUseMovingAnimalIssuesEconomicTaxesBehaviorInstrumentsTradeClimateClimate ChangePostsShockOur SocietyAgricultureCarbonCapsResilientDividendsEconomic IssuesAnimal AgricultureCarbon Tax Author:Dale Jamieson
“We're paying maybe 25 percent of the income tax, but the payroll tax is over a third of the receipts of the federal government. And they don't take that from me on capital gains. They don't take that from me on dividends.” GovernmentTaxesPercentGainsThirdsIncomeFederal GovernmentIncome TaxDividendsPayrollReceiptsCapital GainsPayroll Tax Author:Warren Buffett
“I will promote savings and investment by maintaining the 15% rate on capital gains and dividends. I will eliminate the tax entirely for those with annual income below $200,000.” TaxesGainsInvestmentRateIncomeSavingMaintainingSavingsAnnualsDividendsCapital GainsSavings And Investment Author:Mitt Romney