“Speaking of tax fairness, it was Senator Kerry who voted to increase the income tax on senior citizens on Social Security, earning as little as $32,000 a year.” YearsLittlesSocialSecurityCitizensTaxesIncreaseIncomeFairnessSenatorsEarningSeniorSocial SecurityIncome TaxSenior Citizen Author:William Weld
“Quality of life is the sum total of the fairness of our tax structure; the caliber of our homes; the cleanliness of our air and water; and the provision of affirmative assistance to those who cannot assist themselves. True quality is absent if we allow social suffering to abide in an otherwise pristine environment.” IfsHomeLife IsSufferingSocialWaterQualityEnvironmentAirTaxesStructureFairnessAssistanceAbsentQuality Of LifeProvisionCleanlinessAffirmativeOregonCaliberPristineAir And Water Author:Tom McCall
“Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills.” GovernmentSimplePayStruggleTaxesRaisesBillsFairness Book:Actor, Ideologue, Politician: The Public Speeches of Ronald Reagan Source: Actor, Ideologue, Politician: The Public Speeches of Ronald Reagan
“The move to tax Internet sales, clothed as a 'fairness' issue, is the typical 'wolf-in-sheep's-clothing' ploy so often used by governments unwilling to cut expenditures to match revenues. It matters not whether its proponents have a 'D' or an 'R' after their name. It is a tax increase in either case.” MatterGovernmentMovingUsedNamesCasesIssuesCuttingInternetTaxesIncreaseClothingsSheepFairnessTypicalRevenueUnwillingExpendituresTax IncreasesPloyWolves In Sheep's Clothing Author:Bob Barr
“Fairness has not been enhanced by the tax code, but lobbyists have been made rich, politicians have been re-elected, and the economy has been made to suffer.” Has BeensMadeSufferingEconomyRichPoliticianTaxesCodeFairnessLobbyists Author:Jim Bridenstine
“I'm not feeling undertaxed. Tax reform is an important issue. You have to have an inherent sense of fairness.” ImportantFeelingsIssuesTaxesReformFairnessInherentImportant IssuesTax Reform Author:Stephen A. Schwarzman
“High tax rates in the upper income brackets allow politicians to win votes with class warfare rhetoric, painting their opponents as defenders of the rich. Meanwhile, the same politicians can win donations from the rich by creating tax loopholes that can keep the rich from actually paying those higher tax rates - or perhaps any taxes at all. What is worse than class warfare is phony class warfare. Slippery talk about 'fairness' is at the heart of this fraud by politicians seeking to squander more of the nation's resources.” HeartWinningNationsClassRichPaintingHigherPoliticianTaxesCreatingResourcesVoteRateSeekingIncomeOpponentsFraudFairnessWarfareRhetoricDefendersPhonySlipperyDonationClass WarfareLoopholesBracketsHigh Taxes Author:Thomas Sowell
“You know in fairness Gary [Johnson] and I have not agreed on a number of substantive issues in this campaign, tax policy, we've had some influence on each other, I think I've had some influence on him, on constructive engagement around the world, he's had some influence on me in criminal justice reform issues.” ThinkingKnowsWorldJusticeNumbersIssuesInfluencePolicyTaxesCriminalsCampaignsAround The WorldReformEngagementFairnessConstructiveJohnsonCriminal JusticeGary Author:William Weld
“Taxes are the flip side of expenditures. The same issues apply on both sides. There are questions of fairness and justice as much in the way you take money away as in the way you disburse it.” JusticeTaxesFairness Author:Bruce Babbitt
“One measure for promoting both stability and fairness across financial market segments is a small sales tax on all financial transactions - what has come to be known as a Robin Hood Tax. This tax would raise the costs of short-term speculative trading and therefore discourage speculation. At the same time, the tax will not discourage "patient" investors who intend to hold their assets for longer time periods, since, unlike the speculators, they will be trading infrequently.” TaxesPatientFinancialStabilityInvestorsFairnessTradingSpeculationDiscouragingHoodRobin Hood Author:Robert Pollin
“One measure for promoting both stability and fairness across financial market segments is a small sales tax on all financial transactions.” TaxesFinancialStabilityFairness Author:Noam Chomsky
“What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this country they have accepted and admitted.” CountryGovernmentTaxesPercentPaidMajorityOilAcceptedProducersFairness Author:Olusegun Obasanjo
“It's really a question of fairness and what kind of country we're going to live in. There are 22,000 people making over $1 million. They're paying an effective tax rate in the teens. As Warren Buffett said, he pays less in taxes effectively than his secretary does. That's not right.” PeopleKindDoeSaidCountryPayMillionsTaxesRateTeensFairnessSecretaryBuffett Author:David Plouffe