“Maybe that first, gigantic deficit the Reaganites piled up was an accident, just a combination of deluded 'supply side' tax cuts and a huge bag of good stuff for the Pentagon. But pretty quickly conservatives discovered that deficits, when done correctly, did something really cool: deficits defunded the Left.” FirstsDoneLeftStuffSidesCuttingHugeTaxesAccidentsCombinationBagsDeficitReally CoolTax CutsPentagonDeluded Author:Thomas Frank
“All that stuff with the tabloids is a kind of luxury tax I pay for all the good things I do in my life.” KindStuffPayTaxesGood ThingsLuxuryTabloids Author:Ethan Hawke
“Bain also asked Kansas City for a $3 million tax break. The Bain executives were taking home $36 million in borrowed funds and were asking Kansas City to forfeit $3 million in public money for police officers, roads and schools? More free stuff!” HomeSchoolStuffCitiesBreakMillionsTaxesAskingPoliceFundExecutivesOfficersBorrowedPolice OfficerKansasForfeitTax BreaksKansas CityPublic MoneyFree Stuff Author:Jennifer Granholm
“I love listening to these guys give us lectures about debt and deficits. I inherited a trillion-dollar deficit. ... This notion that somehow we caused the deficits is just wrong. It's just not true. ... If they start trying to give you a bunch of facts and figures suggesting that it's true, what they're not telling you is they baked all this stuff into the cake with those tax cuts and a prescription drug plan that they didn't pay for and the wars.” IfsGivingTryingWarFactsGuyStuffPayCuttingPlansFiguresListeningDrugTaxesDollarsNotionDebtBunchCakeDeficitLecturesPrescriptionsSuggestingTax CutsPrescription Drugs Author:Barack Obama
“Who cares what the state thinks about your relationship? They're giving you tax breaks and this and that - it's just nonsense. You want to live with somebody, then live with somebody. All that other stuff is just a way for the state monitoring and codifying certain activities and ostracizing others.” ThinkingWayWantGivingStatesCareCertainStuffBreakActivityTaxesNonsenseOur RelationshipWho CaresMonitoringTax Breaks Author:Dale Peck
“It's a privilege to pay taxes. Yeah! It's not a political question, folks. We have to pay for stuff.” PoliticalStuffPayTaxesYeahFolksPrivilege Author:Lewis Black
“Democrats are people who raise your taxes and spend your money on weird stuff. They steal your guns, and they spit on your faith.” PeopleStuffTaxesGunRaisesDemocratStealingSpitWeird Stuff Author:Grover Norquist
“Leaving America means renouncing your citizenship, moving out of the country and leaving family and friends behind. You can retain your citizenship if you like, but you'll still be away from loved ones and still be paying taxes. You lose all the good stuff about America and have to keep all the bad stuff.” IfsMeanStillsCountryAmericaMovingStuffLosesBehindsTaxesLeavingLoved OnesCitizenshipFamily And FriendsBehind YouBad StuffMoving OutPaying Taxes Author:Michael Arrington
“Right now I think I'm the smartest I've ever been. I'm doing everything great now and everything perfect. Like with this taxes stuff. I'm getting better at that. I'm making sure everything is a write-off. Every single thing.” ThinkingWritingStuffPerfectRight NowTaxesGet Better Author:Kendra Wilkinson
“The values that I have are the values I was raised with, from where I'm from, which is a middle-class place. So that informs everything about me, my politics and all that stuff. I mean, politically, I vote against my own self-interest at every election. I actively ask these people to raise my taxes.” PeopleMeanSelfValuesAsksStuffInterestMy OwnClassMiddleTaxesVoteRaisesElectionRaisedMiddle ClassSelf Interest Author:Matt Damon
“I never had a checkbook. It used to be cash in hand, stuff in the pocket, or a manager would keep some accounts and give me money. I started to wonder what it must feel like to actually make a profit, pay taxes, and to have a phone listing, and a manager. And also, I was sick of sleeping around every night.” GivingFeelsHandsUsedNightStuffSleepPayWonderTaxesSickAccountsGive MePhonesProfitUsed To BeManagersPocketsCashEvery NightSleeping Around Author:Iggy Pop
“In order to function and pay our bills and our taxes and feed our families and stuff, musicians have to make a living. It's not about being a millionaire. It's about being able to survive. When there are people constantly stealing from you, it's quite frustrating. It's a matter of changing the public's option about doing it.” PeopleMatterAbleOrderStuffPayTaxesMusicianFunctionBillsStealingOur FamilyFrustratingMillionaire Author:Matt Snell
“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
“Mitt Romney has won the 2012 presidential nomination by promising Republicans that he would end a so-called 'culture of dependency' on welfare - welfare defined as 'free stuff' and food stamps for poor folks, not tax breaks for Big Oil or tax shelters for Bain executives.” EndsBigsCultureStuffPoorBreakRepublicanTaxesFolksOilDefinedPresidentialWelfareExecutivesShelterStampsRomneyDependencyNominationsTax BreaksFood StampsBig OilFree Stuff Author:Christine Pelosi