Quotes with taxes

Quotes 61 till 75 of 75.

  • Bill Delahunt Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001.
    Bill Delahunt
    American lawyer and politician (1941 - )
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Robert Orben Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.
    Robert Orben
    American editor, writer, humorist (1927 - 2023)
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  • Carl Paladino We are angry about paying the highest income taxes and property taxes in the nation and getting less and less for it. We are angry about our incompetent, dysfunctional government that pays no attention to the desires of the people. We are angry about the cesspool of corruption and conflicts of interests and self-dealing that is Albany.
    Carl Paladino
    American businessman (1946 - )
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  • Leona Helmsley We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith We now in the United States have more security guards for the rich than we have police services for the poor districts. If you're looking for personal security, far better to move to the suburbs than to pay taxes in New York.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • Arthur C. Brooks We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will be harder to be an entrepreneur because of punitive taxes and regulations. The rewards of success will be expropriated for the sake of attaining greater income equality.
    Arthur C. Brooks
    American social scientist and musician (1964 - )
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  • Bernard Bailyn What Americans were really objecting to had nothing to do with constitutional principles. their objection was not to Parliament's constitutional right to levy certain kinds of taxes as opposed to others, but to its effort to collect any.
    The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Ch. V, TRANSFORMATION, p. 218
    Bernard Bailyn
    American historian, author, and academic (1922 - 2020)
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  • Bono When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Mae West When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.
    Mae West
    American actress (1893 - 1980)
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  • Ann Coulter When we were at peace, Democrats wanted to raise taxes. Now there's a war, so Democrats want to raise taxes. When there was a surplus, Democrats wanted to raise taxes. Now that there is a mild recession, Democrats want to raise taxes.
    Ann Coulter
    American far-right media pundit and author (1961 - )
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  • Ann Coulter When you try to figure out what the religious right is, it ultimately comes down either to one man, Pat Robertson, or anyone who believes in a higher being and wants their taxes cut.
    Ann Coulter
    American far-right media pundit and author (1961 - )
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  • Arthur C. Brooks Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support the free enterprise system and are unsupportive of big government.
    Arthur C. Brooks
    American social scientist and musician (1964 - )
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  • Carly Fiorina You don't create jobs by passing bills, you create jobs by cutting taxes.
    Carly Fiorina
    American businesswoman and political (1954 - )
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  • Bill Clinton [George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people riding in limousines. We can do better.
    Democratic National Convention, July 16, 1992
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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