“The party of Lincoln and Liberty was transmogrified into the party of hairy-backed swamp developers and corporate shills, faith-based economists, fundamentalist bullies with Bibles, Christians of convenience, freelance racists, misanthropic frat boys, shrieking midgets of AM radio, tax cheats, nihilists in golf pants, brownshirts in pinstripes, sweatshop tycoons. ... Republicans: The No. 1 reason the rest of the world thinks we're deaf, dumb, and dangerous.” ThinkingWorldReasonChristianPoliticalPartyLibertyBoysDangerousRepublicanTaxesGolfRadioDumbCorporateRacistPantsCheatEconomistBullyDeafConvenienceFundamentalistSwampsDevelopersFaith BasedMidgetNihilistMisanthropicSweatshopsTycoonsShills Author:Garrison Keillor
“I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.” ReasonLibertyCuttingCircumstancesTaxesEconomicsConservativeExcuseFavorsFinanceEconomistTaxationFree MarketGovernment SpendingFree Market Capitalism Author:Milton Friedman
“With various people complaining about "price gouging?... economist Walter Williams has coined a new term: "Tax gouging." But government is never accused of either "greed" or "gouging" ? not even when they bulldoze people's homes in order to turn.” PeopleHomeGovernmentOrderTurnsTermTaxesGreedVariousComplainingEconomistAccused Author:Thomas Sowell
“Economists are almost unanimous in conceding that the land tax has no adverse side effects. ...Landowners ought to look at both sides of the coin. Applying a tax to land values also means removing other taxes. This would so improve the efficiency of a city that land values would go up more than the increase in taxes on land.” LooksMeanValuesSidesCitiesLandEffectsOughtTaxesIncreaseEfficiencyBoth SidesEconomistCoinsAdverseSide Effects Author:William Vickrey
“Congress has always had a soft spot for "experts" who tell members what they want to hear, whether it's supply-side economists declaring that tax cuts increase revenue or climate-change skeptics insisting that global warming is a myth.” WantSidesCuttingTaxesMembersIncreaseClimateClimate ChangeCongressMythSpotsExpertsGlobal WarmingEconomistRevenueSkepticTax CutsDeclaringInsisting Author:Paul Krugman
“Economists talk about profit motive, but nothing motivates modern man more than a chance to avoid taxes!” MenChanceModernTaxesProfitMotiveEconomistModern ManProfit Motive Author:Peter Drucker
“Given the large uncertainties at each major step of the case for reliance on a carbon tax, economists should reconsider their current support for such a policy.” ShouldGivenStepsCasesSupportPolicyTaxesMajorsCurrentsUncertaintyCarbonEconomistRelianceCarbon Tax Author:Robert P. Murphy
“Elites play the role today that landlords played under feudalism. They levy interest and financial fees that are like a tax, to support what the classical economists called "unproductive activity."” TodayInterestSupportTaxesFinancialEconomistLandlordFeudalism Author:Michael Hudson
“If you ask any economist, they'll tell you all the mortgage interest deduction does is raise the price of the house. So a couple is out looking at the house, they say, "Oh, we love this house, but we couldn't make the monthly payment." And the realtor says, "Yeah, but you're going to get a tax break." So people pay more than they would otherwise. You take a loss even though you're making a gain.” PeopleHouseInterestLossBreakCoupleTaxesEconomistMortgage Author:T.R. Reid
“When you think of policies that are going to address inequality of wealth, you have to be very thoughtful about what economists call "incidence of taxes." If most of the savings is being done by capitalists, and you tax the return on capital, then they will have less to invest. That would mean, over the long run, that the rate of interest would go up. That would therefore undo some of the intent to lower the income of capitalists.” ThinkingMeanLongDoneRunningInterestWealthPolicyTaxesRateInequalityThoughtfulCapitalistEconomist Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“I argue that in the long run, the US would be on a far more financially secure footing if we recalibrate how we spend about two-to-three percent of the country's GNP, using state and federal taxes to create pools of money for spending on America's poor - which would, as numerous economists have argued in recent years, create virtuous spending circles, since those on lower incomes spend more of each extra dollar in their possession than do those on higher incomes.” LongRunningPoorTaxesPossessionArguingExtrasPoolVirtuousEconomist Author:Sasha Abramsky