“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
“The truth is that as we move forward, if one side says we can't raise any taxes on anybody or any interest, and the other side says we can't cut anything, we're obviously not going to make progress on this. And our interest is in making progress on this.” IfsMovingSidesInterestCuttingProgressTruth IsTaxesRaisesMoving ForwardKeep MovingKeep Moving Forward Author:David Axelrod
“I'm making a lot of money. I should be paying a lot more taxes. I'm not paying taxes at a rate that is even close to what people were paying under Eisenhower. Do people think America wasn't ascendant and wasn't an upwardly mobile society under Eisenhower in the '50s? Nobody was looking at the country then and thinking to themselves, "We're taxing ourselves into oblivion." Yet there isn't a politician with balls enough to tell that truth because the whole system has been muddied by the rich. It's been purchased.” PeopleThinkingShouldHas BeensCountryEnoughWholeAmericaRichPoliticianTruth IsTaxesBallsRateLots Of MoneyOblivionMobilePaying Taxes Author:David Simon
“I mean the truth is, I've never had it so good in terms of taxes. I am paying the lowest tax rate that I've ever paid in my life.” MeanTermTruth IsTaxesPaidRateLowest Author:Warren Buffett
“My tax plan will cut taxes for 95 percent of workers, because we need to put money back into the pockets of struggling middle-class families and close the egregious tax loopholes that have exploded over the last eight years. My plan eliminates capital gains taxes entirely for the small businesses and start-ups that are the backbone of our economy, as opposed to John McCain's plan, which would tax these businesses. John McCain is running to serve out a third Bush term. But the truth is, when it comes to taxes, that's not being fair to George Bush.” RunningTermStruggleEconomyCuttingTruth IsTaxesSmall BusinessBackboneMccain Author:Barack Obama