“A permanent reduction in the tax rate on capital income would have a major effect on the saving rate.”— Martin Feldstein
“If I could wave a magic wand, I’d get rid of all of the special-interest loopholes in the tax code.”— Erskine Bowles
“We need to repeal the medical device tax, which is a 2.3 percent tax on the gross sales of medical device companies.”— Melissa Bean
“We need to have a tax system that is fair and that encourages investment and job creation.”— Thomas R. Carper
“Anyone may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury.”— Learned Hand
“The legal right of a taxpayer to decrease the amount of what otherwise would be his taxes, or altogether avoid them, by means which the law permits, cannot be doubted.”— George Sutherland
“I will not be a party to this unconstitutional, un-American, and illegal practice of tax collecting.”— Vivien Kellems
“The President's budget is a reflection of his priorities. And his priority is to give tax cuts to the wealthy.”— José E. Serrano
“The income tax is the principal weapon of the tyrants who are seeking to bring us to our knees.”— Vivien Kellems
“I pay whatever tax I am required to pay, not a penny more, not a penny less... if anybody in this country doesn't minimise their tax they want their heads read.”— Kerry Packer
“We can't have a tax system that is so complicated that the average person can't understand it.”— Bob Packwood
“Inheritance tax is a voluntary levy paid by those who distrust their heirs more than they dislike the Inland Revenue.”— Roy Jenkins
“Withholding is illegal and unconstitutional; it is a form of involuntary servitude.”— Vivien Kellems