#taxes

The American taxpayers are a powerful force. They don't want their taxes raised. Obama and the Democrats have a fight with the American people, not with me. ↗

— Grover Norquist

#american people #american taxpayers #democrats #fight #force

We asserted ourselves as a music community, and showed legislators that music is positive. Especially if you've sold 300 million records worldwide and pay taxes. ↗

— Krist Novoselic

#community #especially #legislators #million #music

I never had the high-paying job or the company car. It took me over a decade to pay off my student loans. I never had to worry about where to dock my yacht to reduce my taxes. ↗

— Christine O'Donnell

#car #company #decade #dock #had

I come from Cuba. Taxes for me are no big thing. ↗

— Tony Oliva

#big thing #come #cuba #i #me

It's really a question of fairness and what kind of country we're going to live in. There are 22,000 people making over $1 million. They're paying an effective tax rate in the teens. As Warren Buffett said, he pays less in taxes effectively than his secretary does. That's not right. ↗

— David Plouffe

#does #effective #effectively #fairness #going

Living standards in both the public and private sector have to be brought down. The private sector has to sell more abroad and consume less at home. The government sector has to get closer to just spending what it can collect in taxes. ↗

— John Redwood

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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#according #american #here #levied #only

I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#american society #dealing #i #i think #many

Every dollar I can't commit to my company that's paid in taxes is paying a government that I believe is too big and doing way too much that I don't want done. ↗

— Curt Schilling

#big #commit #company #doing #dollar

It's really American to avoid paying taxes, legally. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

#avoid #legally #paying #really #taxes