“The party of Lincoln and Liberty was transmogrified into the party of hairy-backed swamp developers and corporate shills, faith-based economists, fundamentalist bullies with Bibles, Christians of convenience, freelance racists, misanthropic frat boys, shrieking midgets of AM radio, tax cheats, nihilists in golf pants, brownshirts in pinstripes, sweatshop tycoons. ... Republicans: The No. 1 reason the rest of the world thinks we're deaf, dumb, and dangerous.” ThinkingWorldReasonChristianPoliticalPartyLibertyBoysDangerousRepublicanTaxesGolfRadioDumbCorporateRacistPantsCheatEconomistBullyDeafConvenienceFundamentalistSwampsDevelopersFaith BasedMidgetNihilistMisanthropicSweatshopsTycoonsShills Author:Garrison Keillor
“The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government.” ReasonGovernmentGrowthNumbersEconomicTaxesIncomeFlawedEconomic GrowthDiscouragingIncome Tax Author:Mark Skousen
“I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.” ReasonLibertyCuttingCircumstancesTaxesEconomicsConservativeExcuseFavorsFinanceEconomistTaxationFree MarketGovernment SpendingFree Market Capitalism Author:Milton Friedman
“The reason educational spending in Texas is so low is because you don't have a state tax there, and that's why Texas is big growth because you don't tax people to death.” PeopleStatesReasonBigsGrowthTaxesLowsEducationalSpendingTexas Author:Kinky Friedman
“I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely approve of the greater house being chosen by the people directly.” PeopleReasonHouseGivenGreaterTaxesChosenLegislature Book:The portable Thomas Jefferson Source: The portable Thomas Jefferson
“Yeah, Silver and his math are jokes, because math has a liberal bias. After all, math is the reason Mitt Romney's tax plan doesn't add up.” ReasonPlansTaxesJokesMathematicsYeahAddMathSilverBiasRomney Author:Stephen Colbert
“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
“There are lots of other things that affect state growth besides state taxes. However, the reason I look at taxes is because these are policy variables that can be changed by state governments in order to get better results than they otherwise had.” LooksStatesReasonGovernmentOrderGrowthResultsPolicyChangedTaxesGet BetterVariablesState Government Author:Arthur Laffer
“The reason the Greeks don't pay taxes is they don't trust where their taxes are going, because they know these other Greeks are taking money from the state for doing nothing. So it's - it's an essentially corrupt society.” KnowsStatesReasonPayTaxesGreekDoing NothingDon't TrustCorrupt Society Author:Michael Lewis
“There's a lot of money in selling marijuana. If you can do it legally, that's good. Why should all the criminals make the money? This is what people are thinking. If it's happening, if it's going to be legal, let's tax it and regulate it, like we do with everything else and make some money off this. I think that's one reason why people are talking this a little more seriously.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldLittlesReasonCan DoTalkingTaxesHappeningsCriminalsSellingReason WhyMarijuanaLots Of MoneyYou Can Do It Author:Willie Nelson
“Every year I write a tax advice column and I used to always make fun of that. One year, one of my favorite IRS commissioners, I think his name was Roscoe somebody, wrote that one of the most often-asked questions by taxpayers was, "How can I contribute more?" Well, I tell ya, ol' Roscoe's really been doing situps under parked cars again. I've heard a lot of people ask a lot of questions about taxes, but I never heard anybody say, "How can I, the ordinary person, send more money for no reason?"” PeopleThinkingWritingYearsWellsPersonsReasonUsedAsksNamesFunHeardAdviceCarTaxesOrdinaryMy FavoriteNo ReasonMore MoneyTaxpayersColumnsIrsOrdinary PersonYear OneCommissioners Author:Dave Barry
“We have entered an Orwellian era in which entitlement replaces responsibility, coercion is described as compassion, compulsory redistribution is called sharing, race quotas substitute for diversity, and suicide is prescribed as 'death with dignity.' Political discourse has become completely corrupted. The reason is that if you tell people directly that you want to raise their taxes, transfer their wealth, count them by skin color, or let doctors kill them, most will object. Statists know this and therefore are obliged to obfuscate.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantReasonPoliticalPoliticsWealthRaceResponsibilityCompassionObjectsColorTaxesDiversityDignityDoctorsSkinsRaisesSuicideErasSubstitutesDiscourseObligedCoercionEntitlementTransfersCompulsorySkin ColorQuotaOrwellianPolitical DiscourseDeath With Dignity Author:Theodore J. Forstmann
“It's tax day and while many Americans are filing their taxes with a groan, taxpayers in the Badger State have reason to cheer. In Wisconsin, we have enacted more than $2 billion in tax cuts, giving our citizens much-needed relief, call us crazy Midwesterners but we think you know how to spend your money better than the government.” ThinkingKnowsGivingStatesReasonGovernmentKnow HowCuttingCrazyNeededCitizensTaxesBillionsReliefCheerTaxpayersTax CutsWisconsinFilingTax DayBadgersMidwesterners Author:Marco Rubio
“With a congressional mandate to run the deficit up as high as need be, there is no reason to raise taxes now and risk aggravating the depression. Instead, Obama will follow the opposite of the Reagan strategy. Reagan cut taxes and increased the deficit so that liberals could not increase spending. Obama will raise spending and increase the deficit so that conservatives cannot cut taxes. And, when the economy is restored, he will raise taxes with impunity, since the only people who will have to pay them would be rich Republicans.” PeopleNeedsReasonWould BeRunningPayEconomyRichCuttingRiskRepublicanTaxesOppositesIncreaseRaisesStrategySpendingNo ReasonDeficitMandatesImpunityAggravating Author:Dick Morris
“Selling, in particular, can be a challenge; many investors are tempted to become more optimistic when a security is performing well. This temptation must be resisted; tax considerations aside, when a security reaches full valuation, there is no longer a reason to own it.” WellsReasonChallengesSecurityParticularTaxesSellingOptimisticTemptationPerformingConsiderationInvestorsTemptedValuationPerforming Well Author:Seth Klarman
“Republicans favor tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, but these had no stimulative effect during the George W. Bush administration, and there is no reason to believe that more of them will have any today. As for the idea that cutting regulations will lead to significant job growth, it's just nonsense. It's just made up.” BelieveMadeIdeasReasonTodayJobsGrowthCuttingEffectsRepublicanTaxesFavorsSignificantAdministrationCorporationsNonsenseNo ReasonWealthyRegulationTax CutsJob Growth Author:Bruce Bartlett
“The only reason the president insists on raising [tax] rates is because he knows it will destroy Republican unity, it will cause a complete fracture of the Republican majority in the house, it will hand him a Congress that he can then manipulate for the next two years at least because the Republicans will be neutered. ... This is entirely a political action, a way to get a surrender from the Republicans.” KnowsWayYearsTwoReasonHandsActionPoliticalNextHouseCausesPresidentRepublicanTaxesMajorityUnityRateCongressSurrenderTwo YearsManipulatePolitical ActionFractureRaising Taxes Author:Charles Krauthammer
“One of the reasons some of the advocates of ever larger government and more government intrusiveness get nervous about discussions of the actual cost of government is that they fear if the people had a discussion about what government costs, the true cost of taxes, that they might not want as much government as they are presently getting.” PeopleIfsWantReasonGovernmentMightCostTaxesNervousDiscussion Author:Grover Norquist
“I had nothing to do with death panels. I thought it was a horrible phrase about end of life. I didn't think it was accurate, and I was - I've always been opposed to it. The reason why I stood behind that phrase "death tax" for so many years is because the only time that you could pay that tax, the only time, is on the death of a relative. And that's what makes it a death tax. You have to be accurate.” ThinkingYearsEndsReasonPayBehindsTaxesHorribleReason WhyPhrasesRelativeAccurateOnly TimeEnd Of Life Author:Frank Luntz
“What would be wrong with letting a kid go pro, and if it doesn't work out he can come back to college? What's the harm in that? The reason is the word "amateurism." The NCAA has to protect colleges' tax exemption.” IfsReasonWould BeKidsCollegeProtectTaxesWork OutHarmExemptionNcaaBack To College Author:Sonny Vaccaro
“Conservatives need to figure out a way to motivate by reason and persuade through emotion. Meaning that when they talk about our issues, it can't come from a selfish place - "Give me a tax cut. Where's my tax cut." We have to get back to that "shining city on the hill."” WayNeedsGivingReasonEmotionCitiesIssuesCuttingFiguresTaxesGive MeShiningSelfishHillsGet BackTax Cuts Author:Andrea Tantaros
“You've got to ask yourself, why won't Donald Trump release his tax returns? I think there may be a couple of reasons. First, maybe he's not as rich as he says he is. Second, maybe he's not as charitable as he claims to be. Third, we don't know all of his business dealings, but we have been told through investigative reporting that he owes about $650 million to Wall Street and foreign banks. Or maybe he doesn't want the American people to know that he's paid nothing in federal taxes.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantFirstsMayHas BeensReasonAsksMillionsRichStreetsWallReturnTrumpCoupleTaxesThirdsClaimsPaidReleaseCharitableDealingsTax ReturnsFederal Taxes Author:Hillary Clinton
“It just seems to me that this is something that the American people deserve to see. And I have no reason to believe that [Donald Trump] is ever going to release his tax returns, because there's something he's hiding.” PeopleBelieveReasonSeemsReturnTrumpTaxesDeserveReleaseNo ReasonHidingTax Returns Author:Hillary Clinton
“America should really wonder about a President Trump, who had a campaign manager with ties to Putin, pro-putin elements in the Ukraine who had to be fired for that reason. They should wonder when Donald Trump is sitting down with Vladimir Putin, is it going to be America's bottom line, or is it going to be Donald Trump's bottom line he's going to be worried about with all of his business dealings. This would be solved if Donald Trump would release his tax returns as he's told the American public that he would do.” IfsShouldReasonWould BeAmericaPresidentLinesWonderReturnTrumpTaxesElementsSittingBottomCampaignsReleaseManagersWorriedTiesBottom LinePutinUkraineSitting DownDealingsTax Returns Author:Tim Kaine
“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
“People that live in the Northeast are leaving the Northeast for a whole host of reasons. They're relocating in Southern states and Midwestern states - no-income-tax states, milder climate states - and it's affecting the balance of power in those states.” PeopleStatesReasonWholeBalanceTaxesClimateLeavingIncomeSouthernHostIncome TaxBalance Of PowerRelocating Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There's a Russia angle to all this, because remember, we don't have Donald Trump's tax returns. He did a very - relative summary, 104 page campaign financial disclosure. One year of tax returns, reportedly - we've seen the pictures, 12,000 pages. And tax returns are replete with his foreign interests, including, perhaps, his Russian interests. That may be the reason he doesn't want to turn over his taxes.” WantYearsMayReasonRememberTurnsInterestReturnTrumpTaxesPagesIncludingFinancialCampaignsRussiaRelativeAngleDisclosureSummaryTax Returns Author:Norman L. Eisen
“The other thing that's really important in tax reform is making sure that we don't tax American businesses at much higher tax rates than our foreign competitors tax theirs. It is costing us jobs. It's one of the reasons all these American companies are moving overseas.” ImportantReasonJobsMovingCompanyHigherTaxesRateReformCompetitorsTax ReformAmerican Business Author:Paul Ryan
“I'd make an educated guess that 20 to 25 percent of the taxable property in the U.S. is Church-owned.In a recent book, Church Wealth and Business Income, it was estimated that this property -all of it tax-exempt -is worth upwards of 80 billion dollars. I know that's a fantastic, unbelievable figure, but there's every reason to believe that it's on the conservative side; and this amount is increasing yearly at a geometric rate.” KnowsBelieveBookReasonSidesChurchWealthFiguresAmountTaxesPercentDollarsPropertyRateConservativeBillionsIncomeEducatedFantasticUnbelievableGeometric Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“I think the reason that the Trump economic agenda is beneficial is, he is doing the right things. He wants to see growth, he wants to see to lower taxes, he wants to see this cash pile sitting outside the US return to the US. All of these things I think will be good for the US economy, and as I've said, if the US economy grows, the global economy benefits hugely.” ThinkingReasonGrowthEconomyEconomicTaxesBe GoodRight ThingDoing The Right ThingGlobal Economy Author:Martin Gilbert
“The reason we've been growing at 1.8 percent for the last eight, ten years, which is way below the historical average, is in large part because of our tax code. It is important to us to get the biggest, broadest tax reduction, tax cuts, tax reform that we can possibly get because it's the only way we get back to 3 percent growth. That's what's driving all of this, how do you get the American economy back on that historical growth rate of 3 percent and out of these doldrums of 1.8, 1.9 that we had of the previous Barack Obama administration?” ImportantReasonGrowthEconomyCuttingTaxesHistoricalRateDrivingBarackCode Author:Mick Mulvaney
“I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.” YearsReasonMoneyTaxesSpendingFunny LifeFunny MoneyTax DayTaxes Funny Author:Douglas Adams
“I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S.” ReasonCitizensTaxesDeterminedCynicalInheritanceAmerican CitizensInheritance Tax Author:Emily Mortimer
“The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 101, elementary stuff.” ShouldReasonStuffTaxesEconomicsThings To DoRight ThingCarbonCarbon Tax Author:Elon Musk