“I am no longer going to go along with this idea that we're going to keep spending and borrowing and taking over and raising taxes, that I'm going to do everything I can to change things.” I CanIdeasTaxesSpendingBorrowingRaising Taxes Author:Chris Matthews
“I forget what the relevant American rate is, but I can tell you that our goal is to have a combined federal-provincial corporate tax rate of no more than 25 percent. We're on target to do that by 2012. We will have significantly - by a significant margin the lowest corporate tax rates in the G-7, and that's our - our government's objective.” I CanGovernmentGoalForgetTaxesPercentRateSignificantObjectivesCorporateTargetRelevantLowestMargins Author:Stephen Harper
“Undoubtedly Internet has reduced the possibilities of taxation. Why should I buy something here if I can buy it from a company in Japan or England or Brazil with a lower tax?” IfsShouldI CanCompanyPossibilityInternetTaxesEnglandJapanShould ITaxationBrazil Author:Milton Friedman
“I can describe, and I've always been able to describe, what Republicans stand for in eight words, and the eight words are lower taxes, less government, strong defense and family values.” I CanGovernmentAbleValuesStrongRepublicanTaxesEightDefenseFamily Values Author:Byron Dorgan
“I pay whatever tax I am required to pay under the law, not a penny more, not a penny less... if anybody in this country doesn't minimize their tax they want their heads read because as a government I can tell you you're not spending it that well that we should be donating extra.” IfsWantShouldWellsI CanCountryGovernmentPayTaxesSpendingExtrasPennies Author:Kerry Packer
“I said, "Suppose communists come out against cancer, do we have to automatically come out for cancer?'" I can't take back that I'm against the poll tax, that I'm against lynching, that I'm for peace.” SaidI CanTaxesCancerCommunistPollsLynching Author:Studs Terkel
“I am not brave enough to not pay my income tax and risk going to jail. But I can say rather freely what I want to say with my art.” WantArtI CanEnoughPayRiskTaxesBraveIncomeJailIncome TaxKent Author:Corita Kent
“My brother is a tax guy, and the way I look at it, it's like he's spending his life saving money for rich people. So I think making strangers laugh, at least having a creative component to your profession, is more manageable for me. I can live with that a lot easier.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksI CanGuyLaughingCreativeRichBrotherEasierTaxesStrangerSpendingProfessionSavingMy BrotherComponentsRich PeopleSaving MoneyManageableLife Saving Author:Gary Gulman
“Hearing politicians tell us we can't afford a tax cut is like listening to a glutton tell you he can't afford a diet. In no other context do people talk about paying for money they don't have. I can't pay for your refusal to give me money because I need a yacht.” PeopleNeedsGivingI CanPayCuttingListeningPoliticianTaxesGive MeHearingDietsRefusalTax CutsYacht Author:Ann Coulter
“People ask how I can be a conservative and still want higher taxes. It makes my head spin, and I guess it shows how old I am. But I thought that conservatives were supposed to like balanced budgets. I thought it was the conservative position to not leave heavy indebtedness to our grandchildren.” PeopleWantStillsI CanShowsAsksPositionHigherTaxesConservativeHeavyBudgetsBalancedGrandchildrenBalanced BudgetIndebtedness Author:Ben Stein
“Another agency - the IRS - did not do as well under Republicans who control Congress. The IRS is largely flatlined in their spending, but they did get about 300 million more funding. But I can only be used to help people pay their taxes and answer questions. It can't be used for any other purpose.” PeopleWellsI CanHelpingUsedPurposeAnswersPayMillionsRepublicanTaxesCongressSpendingAgencyFundingIrs Author:Susan Davis
“I am now at the age where I can withdraw a 25 per cent tax-free lump sum. I do not put in a set amount because my earnings are a moveable feast.” I CanAgeAmountTaxesCentsEarningLumpsMoveable Feast Author:Anthea Turner
“I find it extraordinary that I'm being told I can't trust you the voter to get a government in to protect workers rights and that we need Brussels to defend you, the euro is a broken project we are going to pay, no you are going to pay out of your taxes one bailout out of another and the European union does not protect your jobs.” NeedsDoeI CanGovernmentJobsPayRightsBrokenProtectTaxesProjectsUnionsExtraordinaryWorkersVotersEuropean UnionEuroBrusselsBailoutsWorkers RightsCan't Trust You Author:Gisela Stuart
“I can assure you that my wife and I - every penny of income we've ever had, our taxes were paid in West Virginia.” I CanWifeTaxesPaidWestMy WifeIncomePenniesVirginiaWest Virginia Author:Joe Manchin
“I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” YearsI CanFormFamilyPlansTaxesGainsIncreaseIncomeFirmPledgeIncome TaxPayrollTax IncreasesCapital GainsPayroll TaxCapital Gains Tax Author:Barack Obama