“Both ground- rents and the ordinary rent of land are a species of revenue which the owner, in many cases, enjoys without any care or attention of his own. The annual produce of the land and labour of the society, the real wealth and revenue of the great body of the people, might be the same after such a tax as before. Ground-rents, and the ordinary rent of land are, therefore, perhaps the species of revenue which can best bear to have a peculiar tax imposed upon them.” PeopleRealBodyMightCareEnjoyWealthAttentionCasesLandProduceBearsTaxesOrdinarySpeciesLabourOwnersPeculiarRevenueAnnualsReal Wealth Book:An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2 Source: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2
“It is the large brain capacity which allows man to live as a human being, enjoy taxes, canned salmon, television, and the atomic bomb.” MenHumansEnjoyHuman BeingsBrainTelevisionTaxesCapacityBombsAtomic BombSalmon Author:Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald
“States with high and rising tax burdens are more likely to suffer economic decline; those with low and falling tax burdens are more likely to enjoy strong economic growth.” StatesSufferingFallStrongEnjoyGrowthEconomicTaxesLowsBurdenRisingDeclineEconomic GrowthTax Burden Author:Lawrence Kudlow
“Now all of the ideas that I'm talking about, they are not radical ideas. Making public colleges and universities tuition free, that exists in countries all over the world, used to exist in the United States. Rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, and creating 13 million jobs by doing away with tax loopholes that large corporations now enjoy by putting their money into the Cayman Islands and other tax havens. That is not a radical idea.” WorldIdeasCountryStatesJobsUsedEnjoyUnitedTalkingMillionsUnited StatesHavensCollegeTaxesCreatingUniversityRadicalCorporationsIslandsInfrastructureRebuildingCrumblingTuitionLoopholesColleges And UniversitiesRadical IdeasCayman IslandsCrumbling Infrastructure Author:Bernie Sanders
“...How can Americans living in the freest country in the world be 'slaves'? We don't even enjoy the liberty of serfs. ( A serf paid only 25% of his earnings to his feudal lord. How much income tax do you pay?) Don't kid yourselves, we're slaves. Slaves with weekends off.” WorldCountryKidsEnjoyPayLibertyLordTaxesGunPaidSlaveIncomeWeekendEarningGun ControlIncome TaxBe A SlaveSerfs Author:Kenneth W. Royce
“The marginal tax rate for high income earners is going up. Small businesses are no longer enjoying some of the exemption from payroll tax. Now there will be carbon taxes.” EnjoyTaxesRateIncomeCarbonSmall BusinessPayrollExemptionPayroll TaxCarbon Tax Author:Chris Alexander
“The churches rose to power on the income from tax-free property. What earthly -or heavenly- right have they got to enjoy a privilege denied to everyone else, even including nonprofit organizations? None! My contention is that with the churches exempted from property taxation, you and I have to pay that much more in taxes to make up for what they're not contributing.” EnjoyChurchPayTaxesOrganizationPropertyRoseIncludingPrivilegeIncomeHeavenlyDeniedTaxationContributingContentionNonprofits Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair