“Today is tax day. A lot of people are hoping they get refunds. And that's just the folks here in the audience.” PeopleTodayAudienceTaxesFolksTax DayRefunds Author:David Letterman
“If you raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires, you'll do nothing to address the debt and the deficit. And the thing you might do is you might finally put this economy over another cliff. These millionaires and billionaires are the folks that try to create jobs and help grow the economy.” IfsTryingHelpingMightJobsGrowsEconomyTaxesRaisesFolksDebtAddressesDeficitCliffsMillionaireBillionaire Author:Joe Walsh
“Salaries haven't kept up with inflation, and there is such anger coming out of Washington about immigrants that I think it has curtailed the ability of local folks here to hire immigrants, .. I really believe it starts from the top, and the policy continues to be one of ignoring people at the bottom, cutting taxes for those on the top and spending a lot of money for a war built on lies.” PeopleThinkingBelieveWarLyingAbilityCuttingHavensPolicyTaxesBuiltAngerBottomFolksSpendingLocalsImmigrantsComing OutLots Of MoneyInflationSalarySpending A Lot Of MoneyIgnoring People Author:Jose Serrano
“Few Americans realize it, but the United Nations is driving to take control over the Internet. You remember, the folks who want a worldwide income tax and who put Syria and Iran on their Human Rights Committee.” WantHumansRememberNationsRealizingUnitedRightsInternetTaxesFolksHuman RightsDrivingIncomeIranSyriaCommitteesUnited NationsIncome TaxTake Control Author:Arthur L. Herman
“So I'm not proposing anything radical. I just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income tax rates we were paying under Bill Clinton. Back when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest budget surplus in history, and plenty of millionaires to boot. ... At the same time, most people agree that we should not raise taxes on middle-class families or small businesses -- not when so many folks are just trying to get by.” PeopleShouldTryingYearsBelieveJobsClassMillionsEconomyMiddleTaxesRaisesAgreeBillsClintonRateFolksIncomeRadicalPlentyBudgetsMiddle ClassBootsSmall BusinessMillionaireIncome TaxBack WhenSurplusNew JobJust BelieveMiddle Class Family Author:Barack Obama
“Hold on to your wallets folks because with the passage of this trillion-dollar baby, the Democrats will be poised to spend as much as $3 trillion in your tax dollars. Taxpayers will be on the hook for spending that will stimulate the debt, stimulate the growth of government, but will do little to stimulate jobs or the economy.” LittlesGovernmentJobsGrowthEconomyBabyTaxesDollarsDemocratFolksDebtSpendingPassagesHookTaxpayersWalletsTax Dollars Author:Christopher Bond
“It's a privilege to pay taxes. Yeah! It's not a political question, folks. We have to pay for stuff.” PoliticalStuffPayTaxesYeahFolksPrivilege Author:Lewis Black
“Did folks know that the tax to fund the program [Social Security] only hits salaries up to $110,000? That means that if you make a million bucks, about 90% of your salary is tax free when it comes to the payroll tax that funds Soc Sec. That ain't right.” IfsKnowsMeanSocialMillionsSecurityTaxesProgramFolksFundSocial SecuritySalaryBucksPayrollPayroll TaxSocs Author:Jared Bernstein
“He [Donald Trump] said in the debate - he said, gosh, I'm being audited for two years. Then he said three years. Then he said maybe five years. Listen, if there's a problem in his taxes, the voters have a right to know, because come September, October, the general election, folks in the media are going to make a heyday about any problems in his taxes.” IfsKnowsYearsSaidTwoProblemThreeFiveMediaTrumpTaxesElectionFolksDebateFive YearsTwo YearsVotersThree YearsSeptemberOctoberGeneral ElectionsHeyday Author:Ted Cruz
“It's simply cheaper to operate the business offshore than it is domestically because of the tax rate, 35%, which is higher than anywhere else in the industrialized world. And one of the things the Trump team says they're gonna do is lower that to 15%. And if they do, folks, you haven't seen anything yet. If they succeed in that - and you watch.” IfsWorldWatchesTeamHavensTrumpHigherSucceedTaxesRateFolksCheaperOffshore Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I remember when I was in Chicago and data started coming out that when black folks walk into an auto dealership, and women, too, to some degree, they are automatically given higher quotes, worse deals. And this was just documented extensively across auto dealerships around the country. There was a tax being imposed on black folks. By collecting that data, you can construct policies to combat that.” CountryRememberGivenBlackWalksDealsPolicyHigherTaxesDegreesFolksDataChicagoCombatComing OutConstructsRemember WhenCollecting Author:Barack Obama
“Mitt Romney has won the 2012 presidential nomination by promising Republicans that he would end a so-called 'culture of dependency' on welfare - welfare defined as 'free stuff' and food stamps for poor folks, not tax breaks for Big Oil or tax shelters for Bain executives.” EndsBigsCultureStuffPoorBreakRepublicanTaxesFolksOilDefinedPresidentialWelfareExecutivesShelterStampsRomneyDependencyNominationsTax BreaksFood StampsBig OilFree Stuff Author:Christine Pelosi