Taxes Quotes - Page 17

• What about feeling sorry for those who pay the taxes? Those who are people that no one feels sorry for. They are asked to give and give until they have no more to give. And when they say 'enough,' they are called selfish.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Sorry, Selfish, People

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• The truth is, no one pays more tax than they have to.

  Ken Livingstone

  Pay, Truth Is

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• I can assure you that my wife and I - every penny of income we've ever had, our taxes were paid in West Virginia.

  Joe Manchin

  Virginia, Wife, Income

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• Now you have a choice: we can give more tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, or we can start rewarding companies that open new plants and train new workers and create new jobs here, in the United States of America.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, America, Giving

  Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

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• What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this country they have accepted and admitted.

  Olusegun Obasanjo

  Country, Government, Oil

  "Fuel protests switch to Scandinavia". www.cnn.com. September 18, 2000.

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• Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

  Robert Orben

  Government, Way, Politician

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• More than ever before, Americans are suffering from back problems: back taxes, back rent, back auto payments.

  Robert Orben

  Funny, Money, Suffering

  "Consumer's Edge". San Antonio Express-News, September 14, 2007.

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• I love the Roth IRA. Tax-free income in retirement is a truly great deal.

  Suze Orman

  Retirement, Income, Ira

  "9 Small Financial Steps That Will Pay Off Big in the Future" by Suze Orman, www.oprah.com. October 27,2016.

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• For my constituents, owning a home is the culmination of many years of hard work and the realization of the American Dream. At no time should a local entity take those years of hard work solely to increase their tax revenue.

  Solomon Ortiz

  Dream, Hard Work, Home

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• To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector and grow government with it. And that's exactly what Obama has in mind with this expiration of Bush tax cuts proposal of his.

  Sarah Palin

  Cutting, Government, Mind

  "Sarah Palin Talks Immigration, Economy and Political Future". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. August 01, 2010.

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• Washington has got to, across the board, lower taxes for small businesses so that our mom and pops can reinvest and hire people, so that our businesses can thrive.

  Sarah Palin

  Mom, People, Boards

  Keynote Speech at the Inaugural Tea Party Convention, delivered 6 February 2010, Nashville, Tennessee

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• Rather than undermining the Palestinian Authority, it is in Israel's interests to strengthen it by... continuing to transfer Palestinian tax revenues and pursuing other avenues of cooperation.

  Leon Panetta

  Israel, Cooperation, Authority

  "Netanyahu spokesman: Palestinians to blame for deadlock". The Associated Press, www.theguardian.com. December 03, 2011.

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• Giving someone a one-time stimulus check, or a one-time tax cut that expires doesn't allow the predictability that business needs.

  Rand Paul

  Cutting, Giving, Needs

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• The Republican promise is for policies that create economic growth. Republicans believe lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budgets, a solvent Social Security and Medicare will stimulate economic growth.

  Rand Paul

  Believe, Growth, Promise

  "Rand Paul’s Remarks at Howard University". www.theamericanconservative.com. April 10, 2013.

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• Using taxes to punish the rich, in reality, punishes everyone because we are all interconnected. High taxes and excessive regulation and massive debt are not working.

  Rand Paul

  Reality, Debt, Regulation

  "Sen. Rand Paul's Speech at Howard University". www.realclearpolitics.com. April 10, 2013.

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• 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.

  Christine Pelosi

  Oil, Presidential, Shelter

  "Ryan Roadmap STILL a Roadmap to Ruin for Social Security" by Christine Pelosi, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 11, 2012.

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• Tax what you burn not what you earn.

  Christine Pelosi

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• Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Jobs, Cutting, Priorities

  "Pelosi finally weighs in on tax deal" by Matt Negrin, www.politico.com. December 7, 2010.

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• What we're discussing privately and publicly, is a budget which is a blueprint for the future which creates jobs, which educates our children, which provides healthcare for all Americans, which takes our deficit down, which gives a tax cut for 95% of the American people.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Jobs, Children, Cutting

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• For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government spending.

  Mike Pence

  Pregnancy, Government, Years

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The American people know what's necessary to get this economy moving again. It's fiscal discipline in Washington, D.C. and across-the-board tax relief for working families, small businesses and family farms.

  Mike Pence

  Moving, Discipline, People

  Interview with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. July 18, 2010.

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• Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues.

  Mike Pence

  Data, Historical, Income

  Interview with Christiane Amanpour, abcnews.go.com. November 7, 2010.

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• The reality is that during the Reagan years, for instance, we doubled the amount of revenue that we were sending to Washington, D.C. after the tax cuts took effect.

  Mike Pence

  Cutting, Reality, Years

  "Reps. Pence, Clyburn Survey Political Landscape". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. July 18, 2010.

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• Well, I think the reality is that as you study - when President Kennedy cut marginal tax rates, when Ronald Reagan cut marginal tax rates, when President Bush imposed those tax cuts, they actually generated economic growth. They expanded the economy. They expand tax revenues.

  Mike Pence

  Cutting, Reality, Thinking

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You bet every member of Congress who votes for this bill ought to read it, read it thoroughly, and understand that what we're looking at here amounts to nothing more than a government takeover of our health care economy, paid for with nearly a trillion dollars in new taxes on individuals and small businesses. And it must be opposed.

  Mike Pence

  Government, Dollars, Care

  "Why Read the Health Care Bill?". Interview with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. July 28, 2009.

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