#income tax

The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed. ↗

— Alan Keyes

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Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax. ↗

— Mike Royko

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Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive. ↗

— Paul Ryan

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We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes. ↗

— Joe Scarborough

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Income tax filing and payment day should be moved from April 15th to November 1st so it can be close to election day. People ought to have their tax bills fresh in mind as they go to vote. ↗

— Steven G. Calabresi

#bills #close #day #election #election day

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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The data does not support that high-income tax cuts are the main drivers of growth, so I don't think that uncertainty over what the tax rate will be for someone that makes a million dollars a year has that big an impact on the economic growth rate in the country. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

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And my response is 70,000 people in the state of Maine that paid income tax in 2011 will not be paying income tax in 2012. ↗

— Paul LePage

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The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf. ↗

— Will Rogers

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Small businesses are the backbone of job creation in South Carolina, but we're not maximizing our potential when we've got what's effectively the highest income tax rate in the Southeast holding us back. ↗

— Mark Sanford

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