“Tax dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not.” LittlesKidsTaxesProjectsResearchDollarsGood ThingsFruitFranceParisPublic GoodTax DollarsFruit Flies Author:Sarah Palin
“coincident with the explosive growth of research, the art of writing science suffered a grave setback, and the stultifying convention descended that the best scientific prose should sound like a non-human author addressing a mechanical reader. ... We injure ourselves when we fail to make our discipline as clear and vibrant as we can to students - prospective scientists - and to the public who pay the taxes.” ShouldWritingHumansArtSoundGrowthPayClearFailingStudentsReaderDisciplineTaxesResearchScientistGravesProseConventionsSetbackExplosivesArt Of Writing Book:Boojums All the Way Through: Communicating Science in a Prosaic Age Source: Boojums All the Way Through: Communicating Science in a Prosaic Age
“Most of them benefit businesses, things like research and development tax credits. But people will also benefit, too, from things like - the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit have been made permanent. They predominantly help lower-income families.” PeopleChildrenHas BeensMadeHelpingDevelopmentTaxesBenefitsResearchCreditIncomePermanentIncome TaxResearch And Development Author:Susan Davis
“If you want to really sort of quantify the dereliction of the Republican establishment, those two facts are the most important two facts. One, that they didn`t even understand the base of their own party, white working class voters who you know what, don`t care about tax cuts for the rich, really aren`t interested in the things that the elite part of their party want, including immigration reform. And number two, they spent eight months avoiding finding opposition research to use against the guy who was becoming the front-runner in their party that they don`t want.” IfsKnowsWantTwoImportantFactsUseCareGuyWhitePartyNumbersClassRichCuttingFrontsMonthsBecomingRepublicanTaxesFindingsResearchIncludingDon't CareEightImmigrationReformOppositionVotersEstablishmentElitesWorking ClassRunnersAvoidingTax CutsImmigration ReformWho You Know Author:Chris Hayes
“Economic research demonstrates that tax dollars spent in early childhood development provide extraordinary return on investment-16% for high quality programs” QualityEconomicChildhoodDevelopmentReturnTaxesResearchProgramDollarsInvestmentExtraordinaryHigh QualityEarly ChildhoodTax DollarsReturn On Investment Author:Robert Greenwald
“We have to convince people that they have the power to elect people. The people they are electing are the ones making the decisions about how our tax dollars are going to be spent. Is it going to be for more jails, or for more schools? For more house services? It's very important that people understand that, do their research and find out who to vote for.” PeopleImportantSchoolHouseDecisionTaxesResearchVoteDollarsConvinceJailTax Dollars Author:Dolores Huerta