Taxes Quotes

“Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.”

“My party has been accused of fooling the public by calling tax increases 'revenue enhancement'. Not so. No one was fooled.”

“We need to simplify the tax code, let people keep more of the money they earn, and do away with the death tax.”

“Taxes are too high, and government spends too much.”

“The last thing we need to do is raise class="highlight">taxes on the middle class.”

“If you're a rich person, you're not paying your fair share in this country.”

“Read my lips: no new taxes.”

“Reducing the tax burden on American families and small businesses is essential for economic growth.”

“We can't tax our way to prosperity.”

“The last thing we need to do is to harm our economy, and you can't do that by raising taxes on hardworking Americans.”

“Property taxes are out of control. We need to do something about it.”

“We need to have a president who is not afraid to say that we are going to repeal the Bush tax cuts.”

“Inflation is taxation without legislation.”

“Your tax dollars are being used to pay for grade-school classes that teach our children that cannibalism, wife-swapping, and the murder of infants and the elderly are acceptable behavior.”

“I love to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.”

“Every day I am in Congress, I will fight to make the tax cuts permanent.”

“Every new government program is a new tax on the producer.”

“If you tax something, you get less of it. If you subsidize something, you get more of it.”

“The tax code is a monstrosity and there's only one thing to do with it. Scrap it, kill it, drive a stake through its heart, bury it and hope it never rises again.”

“The IRS is not a branch of the government. They're like the Mafia, but they can take more of your money.”