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The 'fiscal cliff' is a ruse, an invention by the right and the rich, to try and keep their huge tax breaks.
I've traveled the country advocating for the Fair Tax, along with Herman Cain, Neal Boortz, and John Linder.
History shows that tax increases during a recession are a recipe for greater unemployment and economic loss.
The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
There were 23 or 24 separate tax cuts during the Giuliani administration. I'd love to be able to equal that.
The Tax Division is committed to prosecuting accountants who assist their clients in fraudulent tax schemes.
Priorities like winning the War on Terror and providing tax relief that will keep our economy growing strong.
I'm not feeling undertaxed. Tax reform is an important issue. You have to have an inherent sense of fairness.
A balanced program for tax reform based upon the common sense idea of lowering taxes out of surplus revenues.
We have international organizations for health, trade, and football - even for coffee - but not tax. Why not?
Chronic insecurity will not be overcome by minimum wage laws, tax credits, means-tested benefits, or workfare.
What I advise clients is, sell, pay the tax and be happy. Don't ask me to find a replacement unless it's land.
A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
I'm obviously in favor of a carbon tax. And I think climate change is one of the biggest threats to our planet.
That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody.
I support transitioning from the progressive tax to a flat tax system - both individual and corporate/business.
The important thing about tax reform is you make the tax code less complicated, easier for people to understand.
This idea of holding the Defense Department hostage to the tax debate makes me sick to my stomach. Knock it off.
Corruption, money laundering, and tax evasion are global problems, not just challenges for developing countries.
One of the things we worry about when we cut the tax on gasoline is that it basically stimulates additional use.
My opponents attitude is, 'If it moves, tax it, if it keeps moving, regulate it and when it stops, subsidize it.
The United States tax system today is very prejudiced towards financialization, leverage, and lack of investment.
The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 101, elementary stuff.
And it would be fair. Everyone will pay the same tax and it will eliminate tax cheaters and corporate shenanigans.
If we could have a really good debate with the states and the federal government on tax reform I'd be up for that.
The casinos brought lots of revenue and jobs to our community. We've seen lots of benefits from those tax dollars.
Whoever is running the country should not be in the pay of a foreign interest. The best way is to see tax returns.
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!
Apparently there are some Democratic leaders in the Senate that are running for office who now believe in tax cuts.
Americans know that we cannot tax and spend our way out of a recession, yet Democrats can't grasp this simple fact.
I can think of a number of things more interesting to read about than tax law, but few things affect our lives more.
Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.
I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law.
With every new corporate inversion, the tax burden increases on the rest of us to pay what these corporations don't.
If you believe that tax policy has nothing to do with the economy, then you're pretty much like a rock, only dumber.
Businesses large and small shouldn't have to check the expiration date of a tax provision to see if it's still good.
If private-equity firms are as good at remaking companies as they claim, they don't need tax loopholes to make money.
When enacted, health care reform provides generous tax credits to help people afford their health insurance premiums.
I think we need to have competitive tax rates in order to create jobs in this country. And I think it should be fair.
I'm not a financial expert. The Robin Hood tax seems to me a very simple and beautiful idea. I don't see the problem.
The tax money belongs to the taxpayers. It doesn't belong to the bureaucracy. And government is not a welfare system.
On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away.
The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government.
The USPS is self-funding; it does not receive support from tax dollars, and it is required to serve the entire country.
You should keep a copy of your tax return indefinitely, but you need to save supporting documents for only three years.
Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs.
Tax cuts are like sex: When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are still pretty good.
Maybe instead of asking political candidates to submit tax returns, we really should be asking to see their brain scans.
Reagan didn't put anything off the table, if he felt it was for the good of the American people to tweak the tax system.
I favor the extension of the middle-class tax cuts because in a recession they're stimulative and they help with demand.