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“What it 't to us, if taxes rise or fall, Thanks to our fortune, we pay none at all. Let muckworms who in dirty acres deal, Lament those hardships which we cannot feel, His grace who smarts, may bellow if he please, But must I bellow too, who sit at ease? By custom safe, the poets' numbers flow, Free as the light and air some years ago. No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains To tax our labours, and excise our brains. Burthens like these with earthly buildings bear, No tributes laid on castles in the air.”

Source: Poetical Works: With a Memoir by James L. Hannay and Copious Notes by W. Tooke

“My taxes alone keep eight lawyers busy, and when I finally get my money, its only one-third of what I earn. With the kids in school and my other responsibilities, I get no change back from the first million dollars. The money flows out like water.”

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Author:Robert Shaw

“Why, who cries out on pride that can therein tax any private party? Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea till the weary very means do ebb?”

Mean Party Sea Cry Pride Taxes Flow Weary Very Mean Private Parts

Book:The New Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works

Source: The New Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works

“In a day and age of global competition and instantaneous financial flows, you have to be highly sensitive to the way in which tax policy impacts your overall competitiveness as a country.”

Way Country Age Policy Taxes Flow Impact Competition Financial Sensitive Competitiveness Instantaneous

Author:Jon Huntsman, Jr.

“The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital from static to more dynamic situations, the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth of the economy.”

Growth Decision Economy Risk Taxes Gains Flow Difficulty Investment Ease Venture Obtaining Mobility Capital Gains New Ventures Capital Gains Tax

Author:John F. Kennedy

“America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up.”

America Form Political Democracy Cutting Policy Taxes Benefits Flow Rewards Corporate Regimes Elites Tax Cuts One Direction

Author:Bill Moyers