#axes

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#because #eat #hungry #much #people

Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and normally it takes an impending catastrophe to bring it down. ↗

— Charles Adams

#bring #catastrophe #create #down #expediency

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

— Geoff Davis

#i #more #taxes #taxpayers #want

While the wealthiest families completely benefit from the tax cuts targeted towards the upper brackets, middle-income families were hit with the unwelcome surprise of higher taxes on tax day. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#brackets #completely #cuts #day #families

Nothing is more important in the face of a war than cutting taxes. ↗

— Tom DeLay

#face #important #more #nothing #taxes

You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget. ↗

— Tom DeLay

#balanced #balanced budget #budget #democrats #had

American businesses and upper incomes pay a larger portion of the federal taxes of our national taxes than any country in the world. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#american businesses #any #businesses #country #federal

I think most people... would be glad to pay the same taxes they paid when Bill Clinton was president, if only they could have the same economy they had when Bill Clinton was president. ↗

— Howard Dean

#bill clinton #clinton #could #economy #glad

When you reduce taxes on higher earners it's vital to be reducing them on lower earning people as well so the nation shares in the approach. ↗

— William Hague

#earners #earning #higher #lower #nation

Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own deficits. This will create greater pressure for higher state and local taxes. ↗

— Dick Durbin

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