“We are angry about paying the highest income taxes and property taxes in the nation and getting less and less for it. We are angry about our incompetent, dysfunctional government that pays no attention to the desires of the people. We are angry about the cesspool of corruption and conflicts of interests and self-dealing that is Albany.” PeopleSelfGovernmentDesireNationsInterestPayAttentionConflictTaxesHighestAngryPropertyCorruptionIncomeIncome TaxIncompetentConflict Of InterestAlbanyProperty Taxes Author:Carl Paladino
“The American economy is driven by small business. And there's nothing basically to create incentives for small businesses. We've done no tax reform. They're the highest-taxed group in the country. And corporations can go anywhere they want and do whatever they want. Small businesses have to stay.” WantCountryDoneEconomyGroupsTaxesHighestDrivenReformCorporationsSmall BusinessIncentivesAmerican EconomyTax Reform Author:Ed Rollins
“In fact, in Parliament, I pointed out that Australians on average incomes would move into the second highest tax bracket in the next couple of years. That is going to slow down the Australian economy. It's bad for households.” YearsFactsMovingNextEconomyCoupleTaxesHighestAverageIncomeHouseholdSlow DownParliamentAustralianBrackets Author:Joe Hockey
“When everybody has got money they cut taxes, and when they're broke they raise them. That's statesmanship of the highest order.” OrderWealthMoneyCuttingTaxesHighestRaisesBrokeStatesmanship Author:Will Rogers
“Let's take the nine states that have no income tax and compare them with the nine states with the highest income tax rates in the nation. If you look at the economic metrics over the last decade for both groups, the zero-income-tax-rate states outperform the highest-income-tax-rate states by a fairly sizable amount.” IfsLooksStatesLastsNationsGroupsEconomicAmountTaxesHighestRateDecadesNineIncomeCompareZeroIncome TaxMetrics Author:Arthur Laffer
“The zero-income-tax-rate states have far faster growth in tax revenues than did the states with highest income tax rate over this period.” StatesGrowthPeriodsTaxesHighestRateIncomeFasterZeroRevenueIncome Tax Author:Arthur Laffer
“If you look at the performance of the zero-income-tax-rate states and the highest-income-tax-rate states, I believe a large amount of their difference is due to taxes. Not only is it true of the last decade, but I took these numbers back 50 years. And, there's not one year in the last 50 where the zero-income-tax-rate states have not outperformed the highest-income-tax-rate states.” IfsYearsBelieveLooksStatesLastsI BelieveDifferencesNumbersAmountTaxesHighestPerformancesRateDuesDecadesIncomeZeroIncome Tax Author:Arthur Laffer
“We owe to every businessperson and worker in America the best environment in the world to create a job. We owe that to American business. 35 percent corporate tax rate is the second highest in the world. We need to lower it so they don’t leave.” WorldNeedsHelpingJobsAmericaGoalClassEnvironmentFiveMiddleTaxesHighestPercentWorkersRateCorporateThirtyMiddle ClassAmerican Business Author:Lindsey Graham
“In America, we have the highest corporate tax rate in the world. One of the reasons why companies have so much money offshore is because it's cheaper!” WorldReasonAmericaCompanyTaxesHighestRateCorporateReason WhyCheaperOffshore Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I would favor three policies: raising the minimum wage to $12, closing the tax loophole where persons only pay a 15% income tax on long term capital gains (tax it at the full tax rate), and institute a progressive tax moving the highest tax rate from 39.6% to 45%. I would favor implementing these three policies in that order, starting with raising the minimum wage, but not stopping there.” PersonsLongMovingOrderThreeTermPayPolicyTaxesHighestGainsRateStartingFavorsIncomeLong TermProgressiveMinimumStoppingClosingInstituteIncome TaxMinimum WageLoopholesImplementingCapital GainsCapital Gains TaxProgressive Tax Author:Philip Kotler
“It was the king's army, the king's people, the king's taxes; and he who questioned the propriety of the royal prerogative of taking from his people without return or accounting, was reckoned, and felt himself to be, a criminal, guilty of the highest crime of disloyalty.” PeopleFeltCrimeReturnKingsTaxesHighestArmyCriminalsGuiltyRoyalAccountingProprietyPrerogativeDisloyalty Author:John Buchanan Robinson