James Surowiecki Quotes About Taxes

Quotes about: Taxes

• Unlike fuel-economy standards, the most common method of reducing demand for oil over the past thirty years, a gas tax doesn't tell people what kind of car to drive. It simply raises the price of gasoline and lets people adjust their behavior accordingly.

  James Surowiecki

  Past, Years, Oil

  "Pump Pressure". www.newyorker.com. September 26, 2005.

• Unlike most government programs, Social Security and, in part, Medicare are funded by payroll taxes dedicated specifically to them. Some of the tax revenue pays for current benefits; anything that's left over goes into trust funds for the future. The programs were designed this way for political reasons.

  James Surowiecki

  Government, Payroll Tax, Political

  "In Funds We Trust?". www.newyorker.com. December 24 & 31, 2012.

• If private-equity firms are as good at remaking companies as they claim, they don't need tax loopholes to make money.

  James Surowiecki

  Needs, Making Money, Claims

  "Private Inequity". www.newyorker.com. January 30, 2012.

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