Taxes Quotes - Page 14

• When there is conflict between what God requires and the demands of the government, each of us has an important decision to make concerning taxes.

  Tony Campolo

  Government, Decision, Important

  Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo (2012). “Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?”, p.187, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to start creating jobs again.

  Eric Cantor

  Jobs, Creating, Needs

  "Key Republican Lawmakers on GOP Agenda for New Congress". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. November 7, 2010.

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• Rich people don't pay taxes? Of course they pay taxes - they pay tons in taxes. They pay for everyone else who doesn't pay taxes.

  Adam Carolla

  People, Pay, Rich

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• All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the way.

  Adam Carolla

  Army, Government, Regulation

  "Adam Carolla on Switching Parties and Obama: 'I'm Waiting for the Hope and Change to Kick In'". Interview with Paul Bond, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 7, 2012.

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• I think we need a very, very serious effort, primarily through tax policy to provide incentives and encouragement for people to save and invest and expand their businesses and to create more jobs. The kind of thing we did in the early Reagan years, 30 years ago. I think that's essential.

  Dick Cheney

  Encouragement, Jobs, Thinking

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• 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

  Mistake, Thinking, Unemployment

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. September 14, 2003.

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• Religions take donations and don't pay taxes.

  Deepak Chopra

  Pay, Donation

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• Insisting that we must tax and take and demonize those who have already achieved the American Dream. That may turn out to be a good re-election strategy for President Obama, but is a demoralizing message for America.

  Chris Christie

  Dream, America, President

  "Herman Cain Talks Surge in GOP Polls; Business Leaders on State of U.S. Economy". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. October 2, 2011.

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• 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

  Mean, Government, Choices

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• I said we are going to balance an $11 billion budget deficit in a $29 billion budget, so by percentage, the largest budget deficit in America, by percentage, larger than California, larger than New York, larger than Illinois. And we're going to balance that without raising taxes on the people of the state of New Jersey.

  Chris Christie

  New York, Illinois, California

  "Gov. Chris Christie on McChrystal's Downfall, Battle With Teachers' Unions". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. June 23, 2010.

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• 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...

  Chris Christie

  Country, Thinking, Government

  "Christie: ‘Treat New Jerseyans Like Adults’". Interview with Neil Cavuto, maplewood.blogs.nytimes.com. June 23, 2010.

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• This country pays a price whenever our economy fails to deliver rising living standards to our citizens - which is exactly what has been the case for years now. We pay a price when our political system cannot come together and agree on the difficult but necessary steps to rein in entitlement spending or reform our tax system.

  Chris Christie

  Country, Years, Political

  Speech at Ronald Reagan Library, Simi Valley, California, www.weeklystandard.com. September 27, 2011.

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• Many of you are well enough off that... the tax cuts may have helped you... We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.

  Hillary Clinton

  Cutting, America, Giving

  Hillary Clinton's speech to a crowd of financial donors at a fundraiser for Senator Barbara Boxer in San Francisco, June 28, 2004.

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• One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites.

  Hillary Clinton

  World, Collecting, Preaching

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• Countries that will not tax their elite who expect us to come in and help them serve their people are just not going to get the kind of help from us that historically they may have.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, People, May

  "Clinton warns Pakistan to make the rich pay". tribune.com.pk. September 30, 2010.

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• I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll pay more, but it won't solve the problem.

  William J. Clinton

  Believe, Cutting, Pay

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• We're adults. We're the ones who should teach the kids what's good to eat. I don't think the government should ever regulate what we eat at home, but we're feeding them in school with tax dollars. Quite frankly, if my tax dollars are being spent to feed kids, I'd rather feed them better food.

  Tom Colicchio

  Home, School, Kids

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• Elections have to have at least a little meaning. Obama ran on income tax hikes for the wealthy. People knew they were voting for that. They want that. And it's good policy.

  Gail Collins

  People, Voting, Income

  "Grand Bargain Express". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. December 5, 2012.

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• I don't think the folks in the low-tax states really want to go into a fairness discussion. Residents of Connecticut and New York would love to remind them how much they pay in federal taxes to support programs for Mississippi and South Dakota.

  Gail Collins

  New York, Thinking, Support

  "Grand Bargain Express". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. December 5, 2012.

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• Now my poor hometown is being castigated as the center of an IRS scandal. Humble workers at the Cincinnati office targeted Tea Party groups and other conservative organizations for special scrutiny when those groups applied for tax-exempt status. There's no conceivable excuse for that. It was deeply, deeply wrong.

  Gail Collins

  Party, Humble, Organization

  "The Taxman Cometh". Interview with David Brooks and Gail Collins, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. May 15, 2013.

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• Texas has no income tax, which is a big draw for corporate executives who do business there. But it's hardly tax-free. The property taxes are high for a Southern state. The sales taxes are high. One study found that the bottom 20 percent of the Texas population pays 12 percent of its income in state and local taxes.

  Gail Collins

  Texas, Southern, Population

  "Border Raids". Interview with David Brooks and Gail Collins, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. June 19, 2013.

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• I used to get taxed on my allowance. Yeah, I've been taxed since I was a little kid. And at the end of the year I had to pick a charity to donate my taxes to.

  Lauren Conrad

  Kids, Years, Charity

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• When we were at peace, Democrats wanted to raise taxes. Now there's a war, so Democrats want to raise taxes. When there was a surplus, Democrats wanted to raise taxes. Now that there is a mild recession, Democrats want to raise taxes.

  Ann Coulter

  War, Want, Democrat

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• I think there should be a literacy test and a poll tax for people to vote.

  Ann Coulter

  Thinking, People, Tests

  Commentary on Hannity & Colmes, Fox News, August 17, 1997.

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• Taxes are like abortion, and not just because both are grotesque procedures supported by Democrats. You're for them or against them. Taxes go up or down; government raises taxes or lowers them. But Democrats will not let the words "abortion" or "tax hikes" pass their lips.

  Ann Coulter

  Government, Abortion, Lips

  "Put the tax cut in a lock box" by Ann Coulter, townhall.com. February 21, 2002.

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