#income tax

Why is it that half of the households in America pay zero income tax? We need some real tax reform. ↗

— John Cornyn

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It was under Wilson, of course, that the first huge parts of the Marxist program, such as the progressive income tax, were incorporated into the American system. ↗

— Robert Welch

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There's just one thing I can't figure out. My income tax! ↗

— Nat King Cole

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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. ↗

— Tom Lehrer

#away #blind #box #check #i

You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart. ↗

— David Rockefeller

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

— Will Rogers

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I think we ought to ban earmarks. I think we ought to give citizens the opportunity to designate up to 10 percent of their federal income tax toward debt reduction. If we did that, we would reduce our debt by $95 billion a year. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

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I don't believe, the president doesn't believe, that the high income tax cuts work, period. I don't think the evidence supports that. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

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