#taxes

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. ↗

— Mark Twain

#humor

The power to tax is the power to destroy. ↗

— John Marshall

#taxes #taxing #economy

It's not just spending, it's not just taxes, it's not just corruption, it is progressivism, and it is in both parties. It is in the Republicans and the Democrats. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#corruption #democrats #just #parties #progressivism

In the middle of a recession, where we're just climbing out of it, where the economy -unemployment is still at 9.7 percent, the idea of raising taxes and reducing spending is a prescription for disaster. ↗

— Joe Biden

#disaster #economy #idea #just #middle

Well, I think lower taxes and less regulation would actually promote growth. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#growth #i #i think #less #lower

I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way. ↗

— Vince Cable

#cats #completely #confront #cut #environmental

If you're going to go increase taxes on small businesses, you're going to slow down the extent to which we're able to reduce unemployment. So I think it's a serious mistake; the wrong time to raise taxes. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#businesses #down #extent #go #going

Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts. ↗

— Chris Christie

#choices #government #higher #higher taxes #making

And I just think that we're at a point in our economic life here in our state - and - and, candidly, across the country, where increased taxes is just the wrong way to go. The people of our state are not convinced that state government, county government, local government has done all they can with the money we already give them, rather than the money that we have before. ↗

— Chris Christie

#already #before #candidly #convinced #country

So you keep raising these taxes, and all of a sudden the business community says, 'Why are we here? We can go someplace else and use their phones.' That's one of the problems that directly affects the business community. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#business #business community #community #directly #else