#tax

The Kyoto treaty has failed, and it's failed even in Europe, which has had cap and tax since 2005. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#europe #even #failed #had #kyoto

Sadly, this is the same old Republican story of Robin Hood in reverse - tax cuts for the rich while programs for average and low income Americans suffer. ↗

— Jose Serrano

#cuts #hood #income #low #old

Germany, I think, was first to substitute a Social Security program for its elderly based on this premise, that is, that we would tax workers to pay retirement benefits for those retired. ↗

— John Shadegg

#benefits #elderly #first #germany #i

The reality is that the workforce relative to the number of people retired has shrunk and today in America there are only 3.3 working Americans paying payroll taxes to support each individual currently retired and collecting Social Security taxes. ↗

— John Shadegg

#collecting #currently #each #individual #number

My opponents attitude is, 'If it moves, tax it, if it keeps moving, regulate it and when it stops, subsidize it. ↗

— Rob Simmons

#keeps #moves #moving #opponents #regulate

The 1993 Social Security tax penalizes seniors who have planned for their retirement through savings, investment and hard work. That's wrong, and that's why the double tax on Social Security must end. ↗

— Rob Simmons

#end #hard #hard work #investment #must

The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose. ↗

— William E. Simon

#like #looks #nation #purpose #should

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. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#american people #anything #felt #good #off

Finally, the House is working to require a comprehensive federal review of IRS regulations with a follow-up report to Congress on possible actions to reduce the tax paperwork burden imposed on small businesses. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#burden #businesses #comprehensive #congress #federal

While American taxes pay for much of the research and development that goes into creating the new, life-saving drugs, American consumers continue to subsidize the cost of the drugs for consumers across the world. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#american #american consumers #consumers #continue #cost