“I prefer an income tax, but the truth is I am afraid of the discussion which will follow and the criticism which will ensue if there is an other division in the Supreme Court on the subject of the income tax. Nothing has injured the prestige of the Supreme Court more than that last decision, and I think that many of the most violent advocates of the income tax will be glad of the substitution in their hearts for the same reasons. I am going to push the Constitutional amendment, which will admit an income tax without questions, but I am afraid of it without such an amendment.” IfsThinkingHeartReasonLastsDecisionSubjectsTruth IsTaxesCriticismCourtGladSupremeViolentIncomeDiscussionDivisionAmendmentsSupreme CourtInjuredIncome TaxPrestigeSubstitutionConstitutional Amendments Author:William Howard Taft
“When I was young, my father had a serious heart attack. He survived, but we lost our house and car. Under the Canadian Medicare system, though, we would have kept the house and car and would have just had to pay the inheritance tax.” HeartYoungFatherHouseLostPayCarSeriousTaxesSurvivedInheritanceMedicareHeart AttackInheritance Tax Author:Emo Philips
“The tax code is a monstrosity and there's only one thing to do with it. Scrap it, kill it, drive a stake through its heart, bury it and hope it never rises again to terrorize the American people.” PeopleHeartPoliticalOne ThingTaxesCodeThings To DoStakesScrapNational DebtMonstrosity Author:Steve Forbes
“When it comes to giving tax breaks to the wealthy of this country, the President has a heart of gold.” GivingHeartCountryPresidentBreakTaxesGoldWealthyAmerican PoliticsTax BreaksHeart Of Gold Author:Tip O'Neill
“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
“If I were an immigrant Latino not born in the US, I could not have written Searching for Whitopia: An Improbably Journey to the Heart of America book. And that is because many of the Whitopians would not have been comfortable talking about their views on immigration, talking about their views on taxes. And they wouldn't have spilled to me the new script on race and poverty as they did.” IfsHeartHas BeensBookAmericaBornViewsRaceTalkingPovertyWrittenJourneyTaxesComfortableScriptsImmigrationImmigrantsLatino Author:Richard Benjamin
“With the new Russia allegations coming to the fore once again, the conclusion of the intelligence agencies, we've got to have those [Donald Trump's] taxes to evaluate whether these conflicts go to the heart of our most pressing national security interests.” HeartInterestSecurityTrumpConflictTaxesRussiaConclusionAgencyNational SecurityEvaluateAllegationsIntelligence Agencies Author:Norman L. Eisen
“You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.” KnowsHeartKindnessMy HeartTaxesIncomeChecksGentlemanInternalsNow And ThenNeverthelessTaxationRevenueIncome Tax Author:David Rockefeller
“Let me tell you, the heart of my tax proposal: I will not raise taxes on the American people. I will not raise taxes on middle-income Americans.” PeopleHeartMiddleTaxesLet MeRaisesIncomeProposal Author:Mitt Romney