#om

It is easy to talk about tax simplification, and we all know it is very difficult to accomplish; but for the last three Congresses, I have offered a tax simplification bill that would include a paid-for repeal of alternative minimum tax. ↗

— Richard Neal

#accomplish #alternative #bill #congresses #difficult

Over the years, dozens of American companies have filed papers to trade in their U.S. corporate citizenship for citizenship in tax haven countries like Bermuda. ↗

— Richard Neal

#american companies #citizenship #companies #corporate #countries

People really have to believe in their tax system. They have to believe that there is an equitable distribution of the burden, but there is also an important investment based upon the potential achievements that come from us paying our taxes. ↗

— Richard Neal

#also #based #believe #burden #come

The number of electrical injuries cared for in hospitals in the US is estimated at as many as 50,000; the cost of these injuries on the US economy is estimated at over one billion dollars per year. ↗

— Richard Neal

#cared #cost #dollars #economy #electrical

The Tax Code today is more complicated than ever, and the very people on the Republican side who denounce the Tax Code's complexity are the ones that put together what they now call a convoluted monstrosity. They put it into effect. ↗

— Richard Neal

#code #complexity #complicated #convoluted #denounce

Say it again,” he says. “That whole drawn-out speech?” I remember something about a solar system, but I’m too light-headed to recite the entire thing all over again. He steps closer. “No. The part about you fallin’ for me. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#romantic #young-adult-fiction #young-adult-romance #romantic

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum. ↗

— Holly Near

#guts #huge #intelligence #keep #leap

I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture. ↗

— Holly Near

#culture #dictated #dominant #i #perspective

Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point. ↗

— Holly Near

#damn #excluded #give #i #once

To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain. ↗