Taxes Quotes

No matter what heights you achieve, even if you're Brad Pitt, the slide is coming, sure as death and taxes.

I hate putting up taxes.

Taxes are a penalty on progress.

I don't mind paying higher taxes, because I've done quite well and I'm blessed to live in this country.

A survey says that American workers work the first three hours every day just to pay their taxes. So that's why we can't get anything done in the morning: We're government workers.

I think the latest estimates were that we have about 250,000 millionaires and billionaires. President Obama wants to increase their taxes 13 percent.

I'm a conservative and I believe if you tax something more you get less of it.

I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it we had great economic growth, we cut taxes, and we had a big surplus.

I am very much in favor of tax cuts.

There is no - let me repeat - no example in the last quarter-century of a large, complex economy that has been successful with high taxes.

As far as income tax payments go, sources vary in their accounts, but a range of studies find that immigrants pay between $90 billion and $140 billion in Federal, State, and local taxes.

Rather than setting property taxes on the value of land and improvements, I'd advocate a plan to set rates based on land values across the entire neighborhood.

It is business that generates the jobs, income and taxes that keep a country going.

An unregulated derivatives market essentially gives Wall Street a way to place hidden taxes on everything in the world.

The problem is that taxes aren’t used efficiently.

Marginal tax rates are the lowest they've been in generations, and all we can talk about is tax cuts.

You've got to have tax reform to get faster economic growth. Faster economic growth is necessary for us to get our debt under control.

Unless you reduce the long-term spending burden, you cannot cut taxes in any lasting way, but can only shift the burden of taxes from the present to the future.

We have points in common with the FDP, particularly when it comes to tax.

Of all debts, men are least willing to pay their taxes; what a satire this is on government.

Congratulations on your job at the bank! Yes. You work for the bank. After taxes, your largest expense is your mortgage and credit-card debt.

We're very focused in on outcomes for government with respect to the amount of tax that goes in and the amount of expenditures that go out.

I am death, not taxes. I turn up only once.

The rich support the poor primarily via taxes.

I paid $1.9 billion in taxes in my lifetime.

We have no plans to increase tax at all.

I'll bring my tax returns; you bring yours. I'll meet you anytime anywhere.

Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling.

Raising taxes in an economic downturn is not a good idea.

All taxes are a drag on economic growth. It's only a question of degree.

The politics of austerity, of higher taxes, decided by governments, have lengthened the economic crisis.

Cutting taxes for very high income people an average of more than $100,000 a year for people that make more than a million dollars a year is not an effective way to get the economy going.

I always heard criticism is the tax on fame. They were right. And then some.

The marginal tax rate for high income earners is going up. Small businesses are no longer enjoying some of the exemption from payroll tax. Now there will be carbon taxes.

You don't pay taxes; they take them from your check. That's not a payment - that's a 'jack.

Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.

The right wing walks the walk; the left wing taxes the people that walk the walk

The only one that cares about my tax returns are the reporters, OK? They're the only who ask.

I pay taxes in three countries, but can't vote in any of them.

I am a little discouraged and irritated at the welfare recipient families growing in size all the time. Those of us who work and pay taxes all the time shouldn't have to pay for these kids.

The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless.

At a time of economic recession, the need for Medicaid and other safety net services is even greater. And we don't want to raise taxes on people who are having a tough time paying their bills.

More taxes, more regulation, more Washington domination, more debt. Those things are not the future for America. They will never work.

There is nothing sinister in so arranging one's affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible.

Well, well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails, And live and die, make love and pay our taxes, And as the veering winds shift, shift our sails.

The tax-exempt privilege is a feature always reflected in the market price of [municipal] bonds. The investor pays for it.

Please give reason. Raised taxes; marching us off to war again; approved more NSA snooping. WHO ARE THEY?!

I get how devastating high taxes are to job creation.

Tax cuts are temporary, tax increases are permanent.

In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.