Taxpayers Quotes

• When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.

  H. L. Mencken

  Mean, Practice, Two

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• As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.

  Stephen Harper

  Unity, Cost, Bilingualism

  Debates (Hansard) No.155 - House of Commons of Canada, www.ourcommons.ca. May 16, 2007.

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• The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, Work, Government

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Being willing to donate the taxpayers' money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is.

  Thomas Sowell

  Mouths, Donate, Willing

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• Let us never forget this fundamental truth: the State has no source of money other than money which people earn themselves. If the State wishes to spend more it can do so only by borrowing your savings or by taxing you more. It is no good thinking that someone else will pay - that 'someone else' is you. There is no such thing as public money; there is only taxpayers' money.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Thinking, People, Wish

  Margaret Thatcher (1989). “The revival of Britain: speeches on home and European affairs, 1975-1988”

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• Gambling is a bad deal for taxpayers

  John Warren Kindt

  Gambling, Deals

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• When we leave money in the hands of taxpayers, they buy things, they pay taxes, they grow government.

  Ken Buck

  Government, Hands, Pay

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 17, 2010.

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• Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Dollars, Treats, Hard

  FaceBook post by Donald Rumsfeld from Apr 15, 2013

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• We want taxpayers, not tax wasters.

  Rick Perry

  Want, Taxes

  "Rick Perry Supports Work Visas For Undocumented Immigrants In US". www.foxnews.com. November 04, 2011.

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• As costs mount, in lives and dollars, it is natural to second guess, but one lesson I hope we have learned is that the U.S. cannot go it alone in a policy that leaves American troops taking all the risk and American taxpayers paying all of the costs.

  John Spratt

  Risk, Troops, Dollars

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• I talk to nurses and programmers, salespeople and firefighters - people who bust their tails every day. Not one of them - not one - stashes their money in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.

  Elizabeth Warren

  Money, Islands, Nurse

  "Last Night, Elizabeth Warren Became a Politician" By Charles P. Pierce, www.esquire.com. September 6, 2012.

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• What I want to do is create more taxpayers, not more taxes.

  Geoff Davis

  Want, Taxes

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• ... both individuals and companies are using the Netherlands as a haven for productive activity. ... This is good news for all taxpayers. The rich directly benefit, since greedy politicians are unable to seize as much of their money. And the rest of us benefit, since this puts downward pressure on tax rates as governments try to keep the geese that lay the golden eggs from flying away.

  Daniel J. Mitchell

  Government, Eggs, Political

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• Complacency by the watchdogs hurts both taxpayers and beneficiaries.

  Chuck Grassley

  Hurt, Complacency, Beneficiaries

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• Taxpayers deserve a government that harnesses technology to better serve the people.

  Matt Blunt

  Stupid, Technology, Government

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• There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses again.

  David Cameron

  Business, Way, Favour

  "Conservative party conference - live" by Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2010.

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• The taxpayers deserve accountability.

  Byron Dorgan

  Accountability, Deserve

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• I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.

  Kay Bailey Hutchison

  Government, Long, Use

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• Taxpayers should not be coerced into giving up their privacy rights just to file their taxes.

  Melissa Bean

  Giving Up, Rights, Privacy

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• Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in the classroom.

  Bob Beauprez

  Teacher, Children, Common Sense

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• Several unions have agreed to larger employee contributions for their members. Taxpayers are living with cuts and making sacrifices to deal with the reality of California's budget crisis, state workers are going to have to do the same.

  Jerry Brown

  Sacrifice, Cutting, Reality

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• See, when the government spends money, it creates jobs; whereas when the money is left in the hands of taxpayers, God only knows what they do with it. Bake it into pies, probably. Anything to avoid creating jobs.

  Dave Barry

  Jobs, Government, Hands

  "American Unmoved by Deficit - Except in Altoona". The Free Lance-Star Column, news.google.com. February 29, 1992.

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• We're going to restructure the state government into a government that's responsive to the needs of New York state taxpayers.

  Carl Paladino

  New York, Government, Needs

  "Tea Party Victory Shakes Up New York Politics". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. September 22, 2010.

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• Low-income taxpayers deserve the same rights as everyone else. It was wrong of the IRS to target low-income taxpayers, and I am please by the decision to correct this unfair practice.

  Christopher Dodd

  Rights, Practice, Decision

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• Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes. Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everyone does it, rich and poor alike and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands.

  Learned Hand

  Money, Patriotic, Government

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